Weston Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve
Weston Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 213 m. Blue Mound stands 258 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Weston Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.0 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 213 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Illinois Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Weston Park: 0.7 mi
- Livingston Square: 5.0 mi
- Marsh Park: 5.0 mi
- North Park: 5.1 mi
- Kelleher Park: 5.3 mi
- Lexington Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Humiston Woods Nature Center: 14.4 mi
- Merwin Savannah Nature Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Sweeney Woods Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Sibley Grove Nature Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Fairbury Echoes: 5.2 mi
- Catherine Yost House Museum: 9.1 mi
- Pontiac - Oakland Museum and Resource Center: 9.2 mi
- Jones House: 9.2 mi
- Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum: 9.3 mi
- Raymond Schultz Round Barn: 6.6 mi
- Ladd School Subway: 9.5 mi
- Memory Lane: 11.3 mi
- Standard Oil Gas Station: 18.2 mi
- Limestone Rest Area (Northbound): 6.6 mi
- Limestone Rest Area (Southbound): 7.2 mi
- John Patton Log Cabin: 11.0 mi
- Sprague's Super Service: 24.9 mi
- Blue Mound: 18.3 mi
- Smiths Mound: 22.0 mi
- OSF St. James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.4 mi
- Benjaminville: 21.2 mi
- F.R. Glasener Beach: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Weston Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | SSW 208° | 258 m | 18.3 mi |
| Smiths Mound | N 350° | 228 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:47 | 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 | 23 | 28 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chenoa, 6 mi away.
- leadplant42 obs
- compass plant37 obs
- flowering spurge30 obs
- New Jersey tea24 obs
- rough blazing star21 obs
- downy gentian20 obs
- rough rattlesnake root20 obs
- common milkweed18 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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