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Shoemaker School

Shoemaker School from directly overhead

Shoemaker School is an attraction in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 148 m. Buck Knob stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Metter Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 3.9 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

A historic single-room schoolhouse, one of sixty built in Monroe County, and one of only three remaining.

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Coordinates38.43483, -90.19004

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Metter Park: 0.8 mi
  • American Legion Park: 1.0 mi
  • Admiral Trost Park: 1.5 mi
  • Bolm Schukraft Park: 1.6 mi
  • Creekside Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Budweiser Brewery Experience: 11.4 mi
  • Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tours: 11.4 mi
  • Grant's Farm Parking Lot: 11.9 mi
  • Busch Estate Carriage Rides: 12.0 mi
  • Lafayette Park House: 12.5 mi
Gardens: 51
Peaks: 21
  • Oklahoma Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Mt Millstadt: 5.9 mi
  • Clarks Mound: 11.9 mi
  • Potato Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Big Mound (Historical): 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 20
Nature reserves: 16
Springs: 16
  • Falling Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Headwaters: 12.0 mi
  • Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 12.7 mi
  • Webster Retention Pond Seep: 13.4 mi
  • Cabanne Spring: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Wise Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 15.1 mi
  • Dripping Springs: 24.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Stone Arch: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck KnobSSW 211°259 m18.1 mi
Frisco HillWSW 257°247 m14.8 mi
Antire HillWNW 286°237 m20.5 mi
Potato HillSSW 208°218 m12.3 mi
Bald HillW 278°205 m24.1 mi
Clarks MoundNNE 33°196 m11.9 mi
Turkey HillE 81°185 m15.8 mi
Fox HillNNE 28°182 m21.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3819:4920:29
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:1516:0216:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313645576675797770584636
Precip in2.72.33.54.64.84.35.03.13.43.03.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cahokia, 9 mi away.

Sources

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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/587003120

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