Nature reserve · Illinois

Shortline Railroad Prairie

Shortline Railroad Prairie from directly overhead

Shortline Railroad Prairie is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 230 m. Blue Mound stands 214 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Gifford War Memorial, a historic site 1.3 miles away.

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Operated by: Grand Prairie Friends

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Coordinates40.30576, -87.99584

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Emord Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
Roessler Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
Immanuel Lutheran Church Park: 5.7 mi
Winston Park: 7.1 mi
Maplewood Sports Complex: 7.4 mi

Artworks

Mr. Big Beatle Finds His Way: 16.7 mi
Flyfishing: 16.8 mi
Water: 16.8 mi
You are Beautiful!: 17.2 mi
Byways to Equality: 17.4 mi

Gardens22

Constitution Grove: 8.6 mi
Lierman Neighborhood Community Garden: 17.2 mi
Will's Garden: 17.4 mi
Megan's Garden: 17.5 mi
Peace Garden: 17.8 mi

Nature reserves18

Gifford Pheasant Habitat Area: 3.2 mi
Tomlinson Pioneer Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve: 4.4 mi
Patton Woods - Middle Fork River Forest Preserve: 6.3 mi
Horseshoe Bottom Nature Preserve: 13.8 mi
Trelease Woods: 14.2 mi

Historic sites17

Gifford War Memorial: 1.3 mi
Vets Memorial: 9.7 mi
Shining Light Infant Memorial Garden: 17.3 mi
Yingying Zhang Memorial Garden: 17.8 mi
Grading Wheel: 18.0 mi

Museums13

Rantoul Historical Society: 7.7 mi
Homer Lake Interpretive Center: 16.5 mi
Anita Purves Nature Center: 16.7 mi
Spurlock Museum: 18.1 mi
Carl R. Woese Museum: 18.4 mi

Rest areas3

Main Line Station Rest Area - Northbound: 17.3 mi
Main Line Station Rest Area - Southbound: 18.0 mi
Salt Kettle Rest Area: 18.0 mi

Attractions2

American Football House: 17.9 mi
Experimental Round Barns: 19.0 mi

Peaks1

Blue Mound: 10.6 mi

Picnic sites1

The Oasis: 20.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Blue Mound	SW 215°	214 m	10.6 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	19:45	20:26
September equinox	06:40	18:15	18:51
December solstice	07:12	15:46	16:30

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	63	73	76	74	68	55	42	31
Precip in	2.5	2.0	2.6	4.0	4.3	4.6	4.4	3.9	3.3	3.3	3.2	2.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rantoul, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1267815373

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