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Town & Country Motel sign

Town & Country Motel sign from directly overhead

Town & Country Motel sign is an attraction in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 130 m. Clarks Mound stands 196 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mustang Corral, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

all that remains of the Town & Country Motel. Also known as the Kaiser-Frazer Sign, probably originally a Kaiser-Frazer sign, later used for the Motel.

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Coordinates38.76008, -90.01370

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Sandy: 0.6 mi
  • Cole: 1.7 mi
  • Kinetic Sculpture: 2.3 mi
  • SIUE Weather Vane: 2.3 mi
  • The Age of the Extinguished: 2.3 mi
Parks
  • Miner Park: 1.8 mi
  • Miner Park: 1.9 mi
  • Ray M Schon Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Glen Carbon Village Hall Park: 2.4 mi
  • Stratton Quadrangle: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Glen Carbon Heritage Museum: 2.1 mi
  • Route 66 Museum and Interpretative Center: 4.4 mi
  • Edwardsville Children's Museum: 4.6 mi
  • 1820 Colonel Benjamin Stephenson House: 4.6 mi
  • Madison County Historical Museum: 4.8 mi
Gardens: 58
Attractions: 31
Nature reserves: 18
Picnic sites: 18
Peaks: 14
  • Fox Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Browns Mound: 7.0 mi
  • Monks Mound: 7.4 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mound: 8.4 mi
  • Neudeckers Mountain: 12.0 mi
Springs: 8
  • Bellefontaine Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Oak Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Cabanne Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Headwaters: 16.5 mi
  • Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 17.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Beaver Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Creek Trek Waterfall: 16.0 mi
  • Wise Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Town & Country Motel sign. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clarks MoundSSW 194°196 m12.9 mi
Turkey HillSSE 163°185 m21.0 mi
Fox HillS 175°182 m3.8 mi
Browns MoundESE 124°174 m7.0 mi
Neudeckers MountainE 80°171 m12.0 mi
Berger HillSE 127°171 m17.2 mi
Art HillWSW 241°165 m17.3 mi
Government HillWSW 240°163 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3619:4920:29
September equinox06:4818:2418:59
December solstice07:1516:0016:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303544566675787770584535
Precip in2.52.53.54.95.53.43.93.33.42.93.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alton - Melvin Price L&D, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5476922575

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