Buffalo Trace Prairie
Buffalo Trace Prairie is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 221 m. Blue Mound stands 228 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Museum of the Grand Prairie, a museum 0.4 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Champaign County Forests
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dowell Park: 0.5 mi
- Brooks-Warfield Park: 0.9 mi
- Thirteen Acres Park: 0.9 mi
- Bridle Leash Park: 1.1 mi
- Barber Park: 1.2 mi
- Prairie Grid: 8.1 mi
- AISC Steel Teaching Sculpture: 8.3 mi
- Hippos: 9.6 mi
- Monumental Fun Time: 9.7 mi
- Just Relax: 9.8 mi
- Maybery Gelvin Botanical Garden: 0.4 mi
- Sugar Doll Grove: 7.9 mi
- Lindsay New American Gardens: 9.5 mi
- Queen Anne Memorial Garden: 10.0 mi
- Capron Memorial Sculpture Garden: 10.1 mi
- Champaign County Worker's Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Tribute to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes: 8.2 mi
- The American's Creed: 10.1 mi
- Fire and Police Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Senior Memorial: 11.2 mi
- River Bend Forest Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Oxbow Ridge at River Bend Forest Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Busey Woods: 11.3 mi
- Lodge County Park: 12.8 mi
- Brownfield Woods: 13.1 mi
- Museum of the Grand Prairie: 0.4 mi
- The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music: 11.4 mi
- Anita Purves Nature Center: 11.5 mi
- Krannert Art Museum: 11.5 mi
- Carl R. Woese Museum: 11.6 mi
- American Football House: 11.8 mi
- Experimental Round Barns: 12.2 mi
- Music Barn: 19.1 mi
- Demonstration Prairie: 19.3 mi
- Farmland Rest Area - Westbound: 14.9 mi
- Farmland Rest Area - Eastbound: 15.2 mi
- Illini Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 19.7 mi
- Blue Mound: 12.4 mi
- Blue Mound: 15.4 mi
- The Oasis: 9.6 mi
- Kumler: 11.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buffalo Trace Prairie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | SSW 194° | 228 m | 12.4 mi |
| Blue Mound | E 96° | 214 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:46 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 30 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Champaign 9 SW, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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