Nature reserve · Illinois

Loda Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve

Loda Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Loda Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 237 m. Blue Mound stands 214 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Be Ja Park, a park 0.8 miles away. 71 named places lie within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1983
Elevation: 237 m

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.52697, -88.07581

Around it

71 named places within 25 miles

Parks55

Be Ja Park: 0.8 mi
Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
De Cee Park: 0.8 mi
Ce Bee Park: 0.9 mi
Healey Park: 0.9 mi

Nature reserves6

Loda Pheasant Habitat Area: 1.5 mi
Patton Woods - Middle Fork River Forest Preserve: 10.0 mi
Tomlinson Pioneer Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve: 13.7 mi
Gifford Pheasant Habitat Area: 14.2 mi
Sibley Grove Nature Preserve: 15.7 mi

Historic sites4

Gifford War Memorial: 16.0 mi
Vets Memorial: 16.6 mi
JB-2 Loon (WWII V-1 German Buzz Bomb Replica): 21.0 mi
Origin of Milford: 21.0 mi

Rest areas2

Main Line Station Rest Area - Northbound: 1.8 mi
Main Line Station Rest Area - Southbound: 2.5 mi

Museums2

Rantoul Historical Society: 15.4 mi
Iroqouis County Historical Museum: 24.7 mi

Gardens1

Constitution Grove: 15.5 mi

Peaks1

Blue Mound: 24.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Blue Mound	S 185°	214 m	24.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:57	18:29	19:05
June solstice	05:23	19:46	20:27
September equinox	06:41	18:15	18:51
December solstice	07:13	15:46	16:29

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	24	28	39	50	62	71	73	71	65	53	40	29
Precip in	2.0	1.9	2.6	3.7	4.5	4.3	4.0	3.5	3.0	3.3	2.9	2.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paxton 2 WSW, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/634547624

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