Nature reserve · Illinois

Loda Pheasant Habitat Area

Loda Pheasant Habitat Area from directly overhead

Loda Pheasant Habitat Area is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Blue Mound stands 214 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Loda Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. 73 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.52901, -88.04709

Around it

73 named places within 25 miles

Parks57

Be Ja Park: 2.3 mi
Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
De Cee Park: 2.3 mi
Ce Bee Park: 2.4 mi
Healey Park: 2.4 mi

Nature reserves6

Loda Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
Patton Woods - Middle Fork River Forest Preserve: 9.6 mi
Tomlinson Pioneer Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve: 13.1 mi
Gifford Pheasant Habitat Area: 14.3 mi
Shortline Railroad Prairie: 15.7 mi

Historic sites4

Gifford War Memorial: 15.9 mi
Vets Memorial: 17.3 mi
JB-2 Loon (WWII V-1 German Buzz Bomb Replica): 19.5 mi
Origin of Milford: 19.5 mi

Rest areas2

Main Line Station Rest Area - Northbound: 1.7 mi
Main Line Station Rest Area - Southbound: 2.3 mi

Museums2

Rantoul Historical Society: 15.9 mi
Iroqouis County Historical Museum: 23.5 mi

Gardens1

Constitution Grove: 16.2 mi

Peaks1

Blue Mound: 24.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Loda Pheasant Habitat Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Blue Mound	S 188°	214 m	24.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:56	18:28	19:04
June solstice	05:23	19:46	20:27
September equinox	06:40	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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1268562718

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