- Elevation, modelled
- 160 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Pilot Hill227 m · 24.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 66on it
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 41.3659, -88.1896
Grant Creek Prairie Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled 160 m. Pilot Hill stands 227 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Des Plaines State Fish and Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grant Creek Prairie Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Hill | SSE 161° | 227 m | 24.6 mi |
- On the Historic Route 66National
- 12.3 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Viewing area · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Des Plaines State Conservation Area: 2.2 mi
- Diamond Park: 3.4 mi
- Children's Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
- Riley's Garden: 4.0 mi
- Red Hawk Park: 4.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Coal City Bell: 7.6 mi
- Old Train Caboose: 12.1 mi
- Karen R. Olson Memorial: 12.3 mi
- High Prairie Trail: 14.8 mi
- Wilmington Historical Society Building: 4.5 mi
- Braidwood Area Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- Illinois Mining Museum: 9.3 mi
- Grundy County Historical Society: 12.4 mi
- Joliet Area Historical Society Museum: 12.5 mi
- Gemini Giant: 4.6 mi
- Dollinger Family Farm: 5.5 mi
- Elvis: 7.1 mi
- Braidwood Zoo Animal Sculptures: 7.1 mi
- Old telephone poles: 9.1 mi
- Wingren: 19.7 mi
- Stephanie's Garden: 24.0 mi
- Sensory Garden: 24.4 mi
- Lenore's Backyard Garden: 24.4 mi
- Sandy Dawe Memorial Butterfly Garden: 24.4 mi
- Mary Alfred Moes 1828-1899: 12.4 mi
- Louis Jolliet: 12.5 mi
- Yugo Griffin: 20.0 mi
- Green Eggs and Ham: 23.7 mi
- Kankakee Bluffs: 4.2 mi
- Holderman Hill: 17.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 24.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 24.4 mi
- Michigan Beach: 12.3 mi
- Lake Strini: 19.9 mi
- Pilot Hill: 24.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:43 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Channahon Dresden ISL DAM, 5 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapDay trips start here
- Joliet · 11 mi
- Bolingbrook · 24 mi
- Lemont · 24 mi
- South Suburbs · 25 mi
- Tinley Park · 25 mi
- Naperville · 26 mi
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