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Everett Farm Nature Preserve

Everett Farm Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Everett Farm Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 207 m. Bald Knob stands 235 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Everett Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 25 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Lake Forest Open Lands Association

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.20497, -87.87033

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Everett Park: 0.8 mi
  • Village of Bannockburn Open Space: 0.8 mi
  • Balzer Park: 1.2 mi
  • Northcroft Park: 1.4 mi
  • Olde Mill Park: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
  • Organic Teaching Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Student Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Elawa Farm: 3.7 mi
  • Revery Prairie: 3.7 mi
  • McClure Rain Garden: 3.8 mi
Attractions
  • The Magic Rock: 3.2 mi
  • K1 Speed: 4.8 mi
  • Model Railroad Garden: 5.7 mi
  • F-14 Tomcat: 7.2 mi
  • Plant identification trail: 7.7 mi
Museums
  • History Center Of Lake Forest- Lake Bluff: 3.7 mi
  • Francis Stupey Log Cabin Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Wheeling Historical Society: 4.9 mi
  • Cuneo Mansion: 5.2 mi
  • Lake Bluff History Museum: 5.3 mi
Picnic sites
Beaches: 58
  • Forest Park Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Park Avenue Boating/Fishing Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Millard Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Millard Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Sunrise Beach: 5.5 mi
Peaks: 10
  • sled hill: 1.8 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 13.7 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 15.1 mi
  • Leahy Hill: 15.4 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 17.3 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 14.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 17.7 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobNW 306°235 m21.3 mi
Leahy HillN 352°234 m15.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreSE 146°204 m15.1 mi
Players HillSSE 167°187 m23.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1619:4920:32
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1815:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252938496070757366544130
Precip in1.31.31.83.33.84.03.23.73.03.12.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Palwaukee AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/882527913

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