Prairie Preserve on Belle Foret Drive
Prairie Preserve on Belle Foret Drive is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 205 m. Gander Mountain stands 283 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dwyer Woods, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
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- Prairie Preserve on Belle Foret Drive
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dwyer Woods: 0.7 mi
- Rockland Wetlands: 0.8 mi
- Oriole Grove Forest Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Carolyn Goetz Wetlands Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Ravine Park: 1.7 mi
- Blair Park: 0.8 mi
- West Park: 0.8 mi
- Sanctuary Park: 0.9 mi
- Guardian Park: 1.0 mi
- Birch Park: 1.0 mi
- Lake Bluff History Museum: 1.3 mi
- National Museum of the American Sailor: 2.0 mi
- History Center Of Lake Forest- Lake Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Ansel B. Cook House: 4.6 mi
- Cuneo Mansion: 5.1 mi
- F-14 Tomcat: 1.5 mi
- Krazy Kars: 6.3 mi
- ZoomJets: 6.3 mi
- Up, Up & Away: 6.3 mi
- Goliath: 6.3 mi
- Roundout Train Robbery: 1.6 mi
- Dr. Seuss 99th Commencement Poem: 3.3 mi
- Cook Park Playground: 4.6 mi
- Edison Court Station on the North Shore Line: 4.9 mi
- Cross Monument: 5.0 mi
- Sunrise Beach: 2.0 mi
- Forest Park Beach: 3.4 mi
- Minear Lake Beach: 4.0 mi
- Minear Lake Beach: 4.0 mi
- Independence Grove Beach: 4.5 mi
- Elawa Farm: 2.3 mi
- Ed, Olga and JJ Rogan Tribute Garden: 2.4 mi
- Student Garden: 3.3 mi
- McClure Rain Garden: 3.3 mi
- Revery Prairie: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 6.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 10.0 mi
- Potawatomi Woods Grove #1: 10.4 mi
- Turnbull Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 10.7 mi
- sled hill: 5.6 mi
- Leahy Hill: 9.7 mi
- Bald Knob: 18.7 mi
- Centennial Hill: 19.5 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 20.1 mi
- Light 1: 2.3 mi
- Light 2: 2.4 mi
- Kenosha Light: 20.9 mi
- Kenosha North Pierhead Light: 20.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 22.7 mi
- Indian Spring: 24.7 mi
- Covington Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Kenosha Rest Area 26 (I-94 WB): 16.7 mi
- Aurora: 20.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prairie Preserve on Belle Foret Drive. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gander Mountain | NW 310° | 283 m | 21.9 mi |
| Hill Fifteen | WNW 299° | 276 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | WNW 291° | 235 m | 18.7 mi |
| Leahy Hill | NNW 346° | 234 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | SSE 156° | 204 m | 20.1 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 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:37 | 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 | 23 | 26 | 36 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 29 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waukegan, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1350989042
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 27 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 28 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 28 mi
- Chicagoland · 29 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 30 mi
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