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Fondulac Drive Lookout 1

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Looking north from Fondulac Drive Lookout 1. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.
Overview · Assembled from verified data

Fondulac Drive Lookout 1 sits along the Illinois River Road at 620 feet, facing due north, with the land dropping 165 feet within 600 meters of the overlook. The view spans a cluster of parks and features to the north and northwest, ranging from about 1.6 to 2.3 miles away and sitting between roughly 454 and 519 feet in elevation. These include Liberty Park, Eckwood Park, James W. Baldwin RiverFront Festival Park, Skip Snyder Garden, Purple Martin Sanctuary, and The Doug Oberhelman Caterpillar Visitors Center, along with Sinclair Grove, Martin Luther King Jr. Park, Detweiller Playground, Morton Square Park, and Woodruff Park. Peoria lies 1.9 miles to the north-northwest, while Normal and Bloomington are both more than 30 miles to the east-southeast. Daylight hours shift through the year, with sunrise as early as 5:28 a.m. at the June solstice and sunset as late as 8:33 p.m., compared to a 7:19 a.m. sunrise and 4:35 p.m. sunset at the December solstice. The next stop along the route is Illinois Canyon.

Access
On the byway
Elevation
620 ft
View
North · 0°
Relief
165 ft drop
In view
11 named features
Photos · Real imagery only
Murray Baker Bridge and the Illinois River from the Savings Tower, a 20-story building which was the tallest building in Peoria in 1974. Security Savings & Loan and the Caterpillar Administration Building are in the foreground. Murray Baker (1872-1964) was vice president of Holt Manufacturing Co
Roger Wollstadt from Sarasota, Florida · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Picture of bridge from park along river in East Peoria .
Carsenegame · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Peoria Skyline
Bohao Zhao · CC BY 3.0 · source
The "Julia Belle Swain," a sternwheel steamboat, was an excursion boat on the Illinois River. It operated from Peoria, beginning in 1971. The ship was new, but the steam engine had previously been in the "City of Baton Rouge," which was built in 1915. Later, the "Julia Belle Swain" operated from Cha
Roger W · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
I worked in the Caterpillar Tractor Co. Administration Building. It was built in the late 1960s, The building is in the shape of a cross. The center contains building utilities, escalators and elevators, etc. Most of the wings are open office areas, with private or semi-private offices along most of
Roger Wollstadt from Sarasota, Florida · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Downtown Peoria, Illinois , towards the northwest, August 2009
User: (WT-shared) Ethajek at wts wikivoyage · Public domain · source
In view · Named features

What you’re looking at

Named terrain inside the view from this overlook, nearest first.

  • Liberty Park456 ftnorthwest · 1.6 mi
  • Eckwood Park458 ftnorth-northwest · 1.6 mi
  • James W. Baldwin RiverFront Festival Park458 ftnorth-northwest · 1.6 mi
  • Skip Snyder Garden471 ftnorthwest · 1.7 mi
  • Purple Martin Sanctuary462 ftnorth-northwest · 1.7 mi
  • The Doug Oberhelman Caterpillar Visitors Center472 ftnorthwest · 1.7 mi
  • Sinclair Grove469 ftnorth · 1.9 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Park519 ftwest-northwest · 2.2 mi
  • Detweiller Playground459 ftnorth · 2.2 mi
  • Morton Square Park512 ftnorth-northwest · 2.2 mi
  • Woodruff Park454 ftnorth · 2.3 mi
When to look · Sun at this latitude

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox07:0319:1118:34
June solstice05:2820:3319:52
September equinox06:4618:5718:21
December solstice07:1916:3515:51

Local time (America/Chicago). Computed for this exact position.

Getting there · Position and access

Where it is

  • Peoria1.9 mi north-northwest
  • Normal32.7 mi east-southeast
  • Bloomington33.0 mi east-southeast
After it: Illinois Canyon →
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Common questions

How high is Fondulac Drive Lookout 1?

Fondulac Drive Lookout 1 sits at about 620 feet (189 m).

What can you see from Fondulac Drive Lookout 1?

From Fondulac Drive Lookout 1: Liberty Park (NW, 1.6 mi); Eckwood Park (NNW, 1.6 mi); James W. Baldwin RiverFront Festival Park (NNW, 1.6 mi); Skip Snyder Garden (NW, 1.7 mi).

What is the nearest town to Fondulac Drive Lookout 1?

Peoria, 1.9 miles NNW of Fondulac Drive Lookout 1.

What is the next lookout after Fondulac Drive Lookout 1?

Illinois Canyon is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after Fondulac Drive Lookout 1.

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