Glenbrook North High School Prairie Nature Preserve
Glenbrook North High School Prairie Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 199 m. Leahy Hill stands 234 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenview Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 18 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 199 m
How to reach it
- 18.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 28.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 23 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Greenview Park: 0.2 mi
- Wescott Park: 0.6 mi
- Willow Park: 0.7 mi
- Floral Park: 0.9 mi
- Northbrook Sports Complex: 1.0 mi
- Kent Fuller Air Station Prairie: 1.2 mi
- Somme Prairie Grove Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Kennicott Grove: 2.3 mi
- Chipilly Woods: 2.3 mi
- Kennicott's Grove Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Northfield Inn: 1.3 mi
- Hope Union Heritage Center: 1.4 mi
- Kohl Childrens Museum: 1.4 mi
- Robert Kennicott House: 2.4 mi
- River Trail Nature Center: 2.7 mi
- War Memorial: 1.6 mi
- The Plank Road: 2.4 mi
- Dixon Prairie: 3.3 mi
- Trail Marker Tree: 3.4 mi
- The Sower Alcove: 3.5 mi
- Allison Woods Grove #1: 2.6 mi
- Lake Avenue Woods-East Grove #1: 2.7 mi
- Massasauga Family Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East Grove #2: 2.9 mi
- Dam No. 1 Woods-East Grove #1: 3.0 mi
- Plant identification trail: 2.6 mi
- Sugar Shack: 2.7 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 3.5 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 4.2 mi
- The Magic Rock: 4.6 mi
- Glenview Bear: 3.1 mi
- The Rookery: 3.3 mi
- Canada Goose: 3.4 mi
- Guardian: 3.5 mi
- The Sower: 3.5 mi
- Moraine Township Food Pantry Garden: 3.4 mi
- Hilltop Garden: 3.4 mi
- Mitsuzo and Kyoko Shida Evaluation Garden: 3.4 mi
- West Fork Corridor Native Rain Garden: 3.4 mi
- Herb Garden: 3.4 mi
- Glencoe Beach: 4.9 mi
- Rosewood Beach: 5.2 mi
- Tower Road Beach: 5.5 mi
- Millard Beach: 5.5 mi
- Millard Beach: 5.6 mi
- sled hill: 6.8 mi
- Centennial Hill: 7.2 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 9.2 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.8 mi
- Hidden Hill: 11.2 mi
- Covington Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 8.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 11.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Glenbrook North High School Prairie Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leahy Hill | N 350° | 234 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | SE 132° | 204 m | 9.2 mi |
| Players Hill | SSE 167° | 187 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 24 | 28 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/815554647
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 15 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 16 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 17 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 18 mi
- Chicagoland · 18 mi
- Berwyn · 19 mi
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