Fox
Fox is an artwork in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Potato Hill stands 218 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Kinetic Sculpture, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 9.8 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 9.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 11.7 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 9.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Overlook · 11 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 1 · 11 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 2 · 12 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gates 3 and 4 · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kinetic Sculpture: 0.0 mi
- Retro Tree: 0.1 mi
- Big Red Shoe: 1.4 mi
- Highway Mural: 11.9 mi
- Mystic Vessel Ascending: 11.9 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 0.0 mi
- Cambridge Park: 0.9 mi
- West End Public Square: 1.1 mi
- West End Public Square: 1.1 mi
- Citizen's Park: 1.2 mi
- Labor & Industrial Museum: 2.0 mi
- St. Clair County Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- Emma Kunz County Museum: 2.3 mi
- O'Fallon Historical Society: 7.7 mi
- Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum: 9.0 mi
- September 11 Memorial Walkway of Southern Illinois: 2.1 mi
- Transportation Plaza: 8.3 mi
- Historic Scott Gate: 8.4 mi
- Airlifter's Memorial: 8.5 mi
- O'Fallon Veterans Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Scenic Red Caboose: 7.7 mi
- World's Largest Catsup Bottle: 10.3 mi
- Shoemaker School: 10.9 mi
- Gateway Arch Riverboats: 11.6 mi
- Budweiser Brewery Experience: 12.0 mi
- Belleville Heart Garden Community Orchard: 2.1 mi
- Herb Garden: 2.1 mi
- Belleville Heart Garden: 2.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 7.1 mi
- Prairie in Progress: 9.8 mi
- Clarks Mound: 5.2 mi
- Mt Millstadt: 5.6 mi
- Turkey Hill: 7.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 9.1 mi
- Monks Mound: 10.2 mi
- Stemler Cave Woods Nature Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Horseshoe Lake State Park: 12.4 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 14.2 mi
- Tweed Prairie: 15.2 mi
- Poag Sand Prairie: 18.8 mi
- Whispering Willow Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 14.5 mi
- Tunica Picnic Site: 14.6 mi
- Gurney Picnic Site: 14.6 mi
- Gus Fogt Picnic Site: 14.7 mi
- Falling Spring: 9.0 mi
- Headwaters: 13.7 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 14.9 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 16.0 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 18.2 mi
- Broadway: 13.3 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 21.4 mi
- Wise Falls: 15.7 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 16.5 mi
- Gateway Rest Area: 13.6 mi
- Stone Arch: 19.2 mi
- Vilhauer Bluff: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fox. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potato Hill | SW 223° | 218 m | 22.4 mi |
| Clarks Mound | NNW 326° | 196 m | 5.2 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ESE 117° | 185 m | 7.1 mi |
| Fox Hill | N 2° | 182 m | 13.0 mi |
| Browns Mound | NNE 25° | 174 m | 14.3 mi |
| Berger Hill | ENE 65° | 171 m | 15.5 mi |
| Neudeckers Mountain | NNE 33° | 171 m | 22.4 mi |
| Haubers Hill | SE 134° | 166 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
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 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cahokia ST Louis Dwtn AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10114598829
Day trips start here
- Belleville · 2 mi
- O'Fallon · 8 mi
- East St. Louis · 9 mi
- Cahokia · 10 mi
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site · 10 mi
- Fairmont City · 10 mi
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