Robert Allerton Park
Robert Allerton Park is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Blue Mound stands 228 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Death of the Last Centaur, a artwork 0.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- University of Illinois
- Fee
- donation
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Death of the Last Centaur: 0.4 mi
- Death of the Last Centaur: 0.4 mi
- pillars and fish: 0.6 mi
- chinese musicians: 0.6 mi
- chinese musicians: 0.6 mi
- Breezy Overlook: 0.7 mi
- Nick's Park: 4.9 mi
- Valentine Park: 5.9 mi
- Bement County Forest Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Bement County Forest Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 0.6 mi
- Musicians: 0.6 mi
- Shade Garden: 0.6 mi
- Maze Garden: 0.6 mi
- Bulb Garden: 0.7 mi
- Historical Marker: Potawatomi Trail of Death: 16.1 mi
- Historical Marker: Early Settlers of Sadorus: 16.1 mi
- Forsyth Veterans Memorial: 17.3 mi
- Decatur 9/11 Memorial: 18.2 mi
- Unknown Soldier Monument: 19.8 mi
- Robert Allerton Estate: 0.8 mi
- Piatt County Museum: 6.4 mi
- Monticello Railway Museum: 6.5 mi
- Macon County History Museum: 15.4 mi
- Harris Agriculture Museum: 16.4 mi
- Lodge County Park: 6.9 mi
- Friends Creek Conservation Area: 7.7 mi
- Bois du Sangamon Nature Preserve: 14.8 mi
- Weldon Springs State Park: 16.7 mi
- Oxbow Ridge at River Bend Forest Preserve: 16.9 mi
- Demonstration Prairie: 0.7 mi
- Music Barn: 1.0 mi
- Wabash Station: 18.6 mi
- Experimental Round Barns: 23.7 mi
- American Football House: 24.4 mi
- Sergeant Myron G Deckard Memorial Rest Area: 6.9 mi
- Sergeant Myron G Deckard Memorial Rest Area: 7.2 mi
- Illini Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 18.9 mi
- Farmland Rest Area - Westbound: 19.2 mi
- Farmland Rest Area - Eastbound: 19.3 mi
- Old Faithful: 17.0 mi
- Rock Spring: 23.1 mi
- Blue Mound: 10.5 mi
- The Oasis: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Robert Allerton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | ENE 76° | 228 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:47 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:50 | 16:33 |
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 | 25 | 30 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Champaign 9 SW, 15 mi away.
- spring blue-eyed Mary55 obs
- Dutchman's breeches51 obs
- prairie trillium50 obs
- Virginia bluebells48 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty48 obs
- blue phlox46 obs
- tall bellflower46 obs
- snow trillium34 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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