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Volo Bog State Natural Area

Volo Bog State Natural Area from directly overhead

Volo Bog State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 230 m. High Point stands 362 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Pistakee Bog Nature Preserve, a park 0.5 miles away. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1970
Elevation
230 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.36229, -88.18831
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pistakee Bog Nature Preserve: 0.5 mi
  • Park Lane Nature Park: 2.0 mi
  • Heritage Community Park: 2.2 mi
  • Morrison Park: 2.4 mi
  • Sunnyside Park: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks: 53
  • Alumni Sculpture: 11.0 mi
  • Round Entry Door: 11.3 mi
  • Geoscene wall: 11.5 mi
  • Planetarium Display: 11.5 mi
  • The Beatitudes & Ten Comandments: 11.7 mi
Museums: 51
Gardens: 34
Beaches: 30
Picnic sites: 30
  • Picnic Grove: 13.1 mi
  • Sun Garden: 15.1 mi
  • The Buttery: 15.1 mi
  • Fairie Glen: 15.2 mi
  • Cotswold Commons: 15.2 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Bald Knob: 1.9 mi
  • Camelback Kame: 8.3 mi
  • Hill Fifteen: 8.6 mi
  • Gander Mountain: 9.1 mi
  • Mount Moriah: 11.6 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Volo Bog State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointWNW 292°362 m20.3 mi
Gander MountainN 359°283 m9.1 mi
Hill FifteenNW 323°276 m8.6 mi
Camelback KameWNW 299°268 m8.3 mi
Mount TomN 360°265 m20.2 mi
Mount MoriahNNW 340°257 m11.6 mi
Bald KnobNNW 329°235 m1.9 mi
Leahy HillENE 73°234 m14.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1719:5120:34
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1915:3816:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222536485969737164513928
Precip in1.61.62.23.64.54.83.83.73.63.22.41.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MC Henry -WG Stratton L&D, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard240 obs
  • House Sparrow153 obs
  • tamarack132 obs
  • Canada Goose121 obs
  • Sandhill Crane107 obs
  • Northern Cardinal90 obs
  • sensitive fern88 obs
  • cinnamon fern86 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/299568486

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