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Kenyon-Baller Woods Preserve

Kenyon-Baller Woods Preserve from directly overhead

Kenyon-Baller Woods Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 209 m. Blue Mound stands 258 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Hayes Woods Preserve, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 14 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
ParkLands Foundation
Access
Permitted

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.66500, -89.18282

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Goodfield Park: 4.9 mi
  • Lilac Arboretum: 5.6 mi
  • Eureka Lake Park: 5.8 mi
  • William Honeg Park: 6.3 mi
  • COMLARA Park Main Recreation Area: 8.0 mi
Artworks: 39
  • Eureka Clay Time: 6.1 mi
  • Out of Court: 12.8 mi
  • Return Visit: 12.8 mi
  • Second Globe Theatre: 14.9 mi
  • Aspiration Fountain: 15.6 mi
Historic sites: 32
Museums: 18
Gardens: 18
Attractions: 5
Peaks: 2
  • Nichols Mound: 3.0 mi
  • Blue Mound: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Mackinaw River Picnic Area.: 9.7 mi
  • Walnut Grove: 24.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • F.R. Glasener Beach: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kenyon-Baller Woods Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundESE 116°258 m23.6 mi
Nichols MoundSW 233°205 m3.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252941526372757367554231
Precip in2.11.82.43.84.84.13.93.73.23.12.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Congerville 2NW, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1020096461

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