Kent Fuller Air Station Prairie
Kent Fuller Air Station Prairie is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Leahy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is The Thomas J. Richardson Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 17 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Glenview Park District
How to reach it
- 17.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 28.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 22 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Thomas J. Richardson Park: 0.6 mi
- Kohl's Children Museum: 0.6 mi
- Gallery Park: 0.7 mi
- Navy Park: 0.9 mi
- Jennings Park: 0.9 mi
- Kohl Childrens Museum: 0.7 mi
- Northfield Inn: 1.8 mi
- Hope Union Heritage Center: 1.9 mi
- Glenview History Center: 2.2 mi
- Wagner Farm Heritage Center: 2.4 mi
- War Memorial: 0.8 mi
- The Plank Road: 2.7 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 2.7 mi
- Dixon Prairie: 3.2 mi
- The Sower Alcove: 3.5 mi
- Glenbrook North High School Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Sunset Ridge Woods: 2.3 mi
- Chipilly Woods: 2.4 mi
- Kennicott Grove: 2.4 mi
- Tower Road Boat Launch: 2.5 mi
- Glenview Bear: 2.0 mi
- The Rookery: 3.3 mi
- Canada Goose: 3.4 mi
- Guardian: 3.5 mi
- Cuddly Lion: 3.5 mi
- Community garden: 2.3 mi
- West Fork Corridor Native Rain Garden: 2.3 mi
- Mitsuzo and Kyoko Shida Evaluation Garden: 3.3 mi
- Hilltop Garden: 3.4 mi
- Herb Garden: 3.5 mi
- Plant identification trail: 3.4 mi
- Sugar Shack: 3.4 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 3.5 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 4.5 mi
- The Magic Rock: 5.2 mi
- Glencoe Beach: 4.4 mi
- Tower Road Beach: 4.6 mi
- Maple Street Beach: 4.7 mi
- Cherry Street Beach: 5.0 mi
- Rosewood Beach: 5.2 mi
- Centennial Hill: 6.7 mi
- sled hill: 7.6 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 8.0 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.1 mi
- Hidden Hill: 10.6 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 7.9 mi
- Covington Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 10.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kent Fuller Air Station Prairie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leahy Hill | NNW 348° | 234 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | SE 133° | 204 m | 8.0 mi |
| Players Hill | S 170° | 187 m | 15.8 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 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 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/34955996
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 14 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 15 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 16 mi
- Chicagoland · 16 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 17 mi
- Berwyn · 18 mi
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