Nature reserve · Illinois

Douglas E Wade Prairie

Douglas E Wade Prairie from directly overhead

Douglas E Wade Prairie is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 237 m. Bunker Hill stands 294 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Stillman's, a historic site 2.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 15 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 237 m

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Prairie Preservation Society of Ogle County

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.13244, -89.20735

15.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Sunshine Park: 2.5 mi
Riverside Park: 3.1 mi
Weld Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
Wayside Park: 3.6 mi
SM&SF Park: 3.9 mi

Nature reserves

Levi and Esther Fuller Memorial Forest Preserve: 4.4 mi
Lind-McGeachie Preserve: 4.7 mi
Howard Colman Hall Creek Preserve: 4.8 mi
Indian Hill Forest Preserve: 5.0 mi
Howard D. Colman Dells Nature Preserve: 5.0 mi

Museums28

Byron Museum: 2.6 mi
Heritage Farm Museum: 2.7 mi
Severson Dells Nature Center: 5.6 mi
Ethnic Heritage Museum: 10.4 mi
Tinker Swiss Cottage & Gardens: 10.6 mi

Historic sites22

Stillman's: 2.4 mi
Soldier's Monument: 2.4 mi
Navy Memorial: 11.4 mi
Rockford Women's Suffarage Plaza: 12.0 mi
Schmig mem.: 15.0 mi

Artworks20

Black Hawk Statue: 9.4 mi
Cornball: 10.3 mi
American Legion Memorial: 10.4 mi
Soypod: 10.4 mi
Ogle County Veterans Memorial: 10.4 mi

Attractions13

Youth Center: 2.6 mi
Byron Drag Strip: 3.6 mi
The Dells: 5.3 mi
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Gardens: 9.2 mi
Lenny the Cat: 11.0 mi

Gardens10

Children's Garden: 9.0 mi
Demonstration Garden: 9.1 mi
Fountain Garden: 9.1 mi
Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens: 12.5 mi
Rose garden: 12.6 mi

Peaks8

Bald Hill: 9.1 mi
Pine Rock: 9.4 mi
Turtle Mound: 11.4 mi
Devils Backbone: 12.4 mi
Lookout Point: 12.8 mi

Cliffs2

White Rock: 6.2 mi
Sandstone Wall: 8.3 mi

Beaches2

Standfield Beach: 9.5 mi
Olson Beach: 19.8 mi

Ghost towns2

Reeds Crossing: 21.5 mi
Brush Point: 24.4 mi

Springs1

Ganymede Spring: 9.3 mi

Picnic sites1

Valley View Picnic Area: 13.0 mi

Waterfalls1

East Waterfall - O Taki: 13.3 mi

Rest areas1

Belvidere Oasis: 20.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Bunker Hill	WNW 298°	294 m	16.6 mi
Coffman Bluff	W 280°	289 m	16.3 mi
Bald Hill	WSW 254°	281 m	9.1 mi
Devils Backbone	SW 217°	274 m	12.4 mi
Castle Rock	SW 218°	228 m	14.3 mi
Turtle Mound	NNE 31°	218 m	11.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:01	18:32	19:09
June solstice	05:22	19:55	20:37
September equinox	06:45	18:19	18:56
December solstice	07:23	15:43	16:29

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	22	26	37	49	60	70	74	72	64	52	39	27
Precip in	1.6	1.6	2.4	3.7	4.2	5.2	3.8	4.2	3.6	2.6	2.3	1.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockford GTR Rockford AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/1201229833

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