Weston Cemetery Prairie

The Weston Cemetery Prairie is a mesic tallgrass prairie remnant, described variously as being 5.61 acres or 3.2 acres in size, located 0.5 miles east of Weston, Illinois, an unincorporated community in McLean County, Illinois.

Type: Nature reserve
Description: tallgrass prairie remnant in Illinois
Also known as: “Weston Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve”
Address: 34067 East 3100 North Road, Chenoa, IL 61726

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Weston and Fairbury.

Weston

Hamlet

Weston is an unincorporated community located in McLean County, Illinois. It currently is still in existence, as opposed to its now-defunct namesake in DuPage County.

Fairbury

Village

Photo: IvoShandor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fairbury is a city in Livingston County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,633 at the 2020 census. Fairbury is located on U.S. Route 24 11 miles east of Chenoa and six miles west of Forrest. Fairbury is situated 5 miles east of Weston Cemetery Prairie.

Chenoa

Photo: IvoShandor, CC BY 2.5.

Chenoa is a village in Central Illinois. It sits north of Champaign-Urbana on I-55 and has a population of about 1,700.

Weston Cemetery Prairie

Category: recreation area
Location: McLean, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

40.74675° or 40° 44′ 48″ north

Longitude

-88.61418° or 88° 36′ 51″ west

Elevation

699 feet (213 metres)

Operator

Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Open location code

86GHP9WP+M8

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=cemetery

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=grassland

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Weston Cemetery Prairie from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Champlin and Lodemia.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Weston Park and Pick Landing Strip.

Illinois: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Chicago, Springfield, Rockford, and Loop.

Curious Parks to Discover

Uncover intriguing parks from every corner of the globe.