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E Dora Bohm Memorial Nature Preserve

E Dora Bohm Memorial Nature Preserve from directly overhead

E Dora Bohm Memorial Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 142 m. Clarks Mound stands 196 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bohm Woods Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.9 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Heartlands Conservancy

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.81127, -90.00842

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • SIUE Gardens: 1.1 mi
  • Stratton Quadrangle: 1.4 mi
  • Watershed Nature Center: 1.7 mi
  • Hoppe Park: 1.9 mi
  • Lusk Park: 2.5 mi
Artworks
  • The Age of the Extinguished: 1.3 mi
  • The Rock: 1.4 mi
  • Taking Stalk: 1.4 mi
  • Big Red e Sculpture: 1.4 mi
  • SIUE Weather Vane: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 58
  • Route 66 Museum and Interpretative Center: 2.4 mi
  • Madison County Historical Museum: 2.5 mi
  • 1820 Colonel Benjamin Stephenson House: 3.0 mi
  • Edwardsville Children's Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Wood River Refinery History Museum: 4.0 mi
Gardens: 58
Attractions: 31
Picnic sites: 18
Nature reserves: 16
Peaks: 14
  • Fox Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Browns Mound: 9.3 mi
  • Monks Mound: 10.8 mi
  • Neudeckers Mountain: 11.6 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mound: 11.9 mi
Springs: 8
  • Bellefontaine Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Oak Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Cabanne Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Headwaters: 19.2 mi
  • Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 19.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Beaver Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Creek Trek Waterfall: 14.0 mi
  • Wise Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 18.7 mi
  • Falls: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 3
  • Vilhauer Bluff: 17.4 mi
  • La Charbonier Bluff: 20.6 mi
  • Old Keller Quary: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of E Dora Bohm Memorial Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clarks MoundSSW 192°196 m16.4 mi
Turkey HillSSE 166°185 m24.3 mi
Fox HillS 180°182 m7.3 mi
Browns MoundSE 143°174 m9.3 mi
Neudeckers MountainE 97°171 m11.6 mi
Berger HillSE 136°171 m19.3 mi
Art HillSW 232°165 m19.5 mi
Government HillSW 231°163 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3619:4920:29
September equinox06:4818:2418:59
December solstice07:1616:0016:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303544566675787770584535
Precip in2.52.53.54.95.53.43.93.33.42.93.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alton - Melvin Price L&D, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/724137072

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