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Vermont Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve

Vermont Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Vermont Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf's Crossing Community Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 1.8 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of Will County

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.70012, -88.23270

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wolf's Crossing Community Park: 0.2 mi
  • Tall Grass Greenway: 0.5 mi
  • Ashwood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Lakewood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Homestead Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • Green Eggs and Ham: 1.7 mi
  • DNA Wind Sculpture: 2.9 mi
  • Mastodon Statue: 4.0 mi
  • Bear: 4.0 mi
  • Bear: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Nature reserves
Museums
  • Knoch Knolls Nature Center: 4.8 mi
  • McDonald Farm: 4.8 mi
  • Illinois Aviation Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Aurora Regional Fire Museum: 5.7 mi
  • SciTech Hands on Museum: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites
  • Stand Alone Fireplace: 6.8 mi
  • Olivia's Party Deck: 9.3 mi
  • West Picnic Shelter: 9.9 mi
  • South Picnic Shelter: 9.9 mi
  • East Picnic Shelter: 10.1 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 11
  • Rotary Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Mounded Landfill: 8.2 mi
  • Mount Hoy: 9.5 mi
  • Pine Hill: 11.1 mi
  • Hemlock Hill: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 7.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundNW 318°273 m15.2 mi
Mounded LandfillENE 75°259 m8.2 mi
Mount HoyNNE 17°255 m9.5 mi
Maramech HillWSW 255°196 m16.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:1919:5020:32
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1715:4116:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232738506170747366534029
Precip in1.91.82.44.14.94.54.23.93.43.72.72.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aurora, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • compass plant11 obs
  • common toadflax10 obs
  • American Robin9 obs
  • common milkweed9 obs
  • leadplant9 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk8 obs
  • cup plant8 obs
  • wild bergamot8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/618576314

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