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White-tailed Deer

White-tailed Deer from directly overhead

White-tailed Deer is an artwork in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Illinois Firefighter Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

A large sculpture of a whitetail deer made out of welded chrome car bumpers.

What the record says

Built
1994
Height
13'

How to reach it

Coordinates39.79789, -89.65774

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 52
Artworks: 49
Museums: 20
Gardens: 20
  • Vinegar Hill Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Garden of Hope: 0.7 mi
  • Enos Park Sculpture Garden: 1.1 mi
  • The Neighborhood Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Motherland Gardens: 1.2 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Lincoln's Home: 0.7 mi
  • Lauterbach Man Statue: 2.6 mi
  • Route 66 Experience: 2.6 mi
  • High Dive Show: 2.6 mi
  • Milk a Cow: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Peaks: 5
  • Cotton Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Walnut Hill: 13.8 mi
  • Yellow Hammer Knob: 18.1 mi
  • Elkhart Hill: 18.3 mi
  • Polecat Hill: 22.2 mi
Springs: 1
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of White-tailed Deer. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elkhart HillNNE 33°221 m18.3 mi
Walnut HillNNE 25°197 m13.8 mi
Polecat HillNNE 16°187 m22.2 mi
Cotton HillSSE 151°186 m9.3 mi
Yellow Hammer KnobE 89°183 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3119:5020:31
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:1715:5516:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273142536373767467554333
Precip in2.22.23.04.15.15.04.42.93.13.13.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield #2, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4075340329

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