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Camp Wokanda

Camp Wokanda from directly overhead

Camp Wokanda is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Nichols Mound stands 205 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Walnut Grove, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Illinois River Road passes 1.6 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Peoria Park District
Access
Permitted

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.83944, -89.58739

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Robinson Park North: 1.0 mi
  • Tawny Oaks Field Station: 1.5 mi
  • Timothy J. Cassidy Park: 1.9 mi
  • Stone Water Park: 2.8 mi
  • Lindbergh Park: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves: 44
Artworks: 34
Historic sites: 28
  • Lacroix Rock: 3.6 mi
  • Gold Star Memorial: 6.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
  • Santa Fe Train Mural: 7.6 mi
  • Ironworkers Memorial: 8.1 mi
Museums: 16
Gardens: 8
  • The Marble Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Luthy Botanical Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Dayspring Community Park 4-H Community Garden: 9.3 mi
  • ICC Horticulture Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Skip Snyder Garden: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Attractions: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Hazel's Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Nichols Mound: 23.3 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Lake WIldwood Beach 2: 22.4 mi
  • Lake Wildwood Beach 1: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camp Wokanda. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nichols MoundSE 126°205 m23.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2819:5320:34
September equinox06:4718:2118:57
December solstice07:2015:5016:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242839516372747265534029
Precip in2.21.92.43.75.14.04.53.73.93.12.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Princeville, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/544905489

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