Trelease Prairie
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Trelease Prairie is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. Blue Mound stands 228 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Trelease Woods, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- University of Illinois
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Weaver Park: 2.4 mi
- Ivanhoe Community Park: 2.4 mi
- Savannah Green Resident's Park: 2.5 mi
- Willow Springs Park: 2.7 mi
- Canaday Park: 2.7 mi
- You are Beautiful!: 3.2 mi
- Falling Leaf: 3.5 mi
- Spirit Tree: 3.5 mi
- Water: 3.5 mi
- Mr. Big Beatle Finds His Way: 3.6 mi
- Lierman Neighborhood Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Megan's Garden: 3.8 mi
- Will's Garden: 3.9 mi
- Peace Garden: 4.3 mi
- Wesley Wildflower Corner: 4.5 mi
- Trelease Woods: 0.3 mi
- Brownfield Woods: 1.7 mi
- Busey Woods: 3.8 mi
- Barnhart Prairie Restoration: 6.0 mi
- Hidden Acres at Homer Lake Forest Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Shining Light Infant Memorial Garden: 3.8 mi
- Hallene Gateway: 4.3 mi
- Morton Weir Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Yingying Zhang Memorial Garden: 4.4 mi
- Senior Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Anita Purves Nature Center: 3.6 mi
- Spurlock Museum: 4.4 mi
- Carl R. Woese Museum: 4.7 mi
- The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music: 5.0 mi
- Krannert Art Museum: 5.0 mi
- Blue Mound: 3.9 mi
- Blue Mound: 18.1 mi
- American Football House: 4.1 mi
- Experimental Round Barns: 5.0 mi
- Illini Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 16.1 mi
- Salt Kettle Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- The Oasis: 7.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Trelease Prairie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | WSW 248° | 228 m | 18.1 mi |
| Blue Mound | NNE 24° | 214 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:45 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:48 | 16:31 |
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 | 26 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Champaign 3S, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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