Devils Bake Oven
Devils Bake Oven is a cliff in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 98 m. Bald Knob stands 314 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Devil's Backbone Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.8 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 98 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 11.1 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
Named places within 25 miles
- Devil's Backbone Park: 0.3 mi
- Oakwood Bottoms Greentree Reservoir Interpretive Site: 3.6 mi
- Holy Boulders: 5.9 mi
- Wolf Lake Community Park: 10.4 mi
- Riverside Park: 11.6 mi
- Walker Hill: 0.7 mi
- Grassy Knob: 5.1 mi
- Lookout Rocks: 5.8 mi
- Government Rock: 6.3 mi
- Swallow Rock: 6.9 mi
- Wolf Lake Memorial Garden: 10.5 mi
- Bald Knob Cross of Peace: 11.1 mi
- Shawnee Veterans Memorial Wall: 11.7 mi
- Alto Pass Area Veterans Memorial: 11.9 mi
- SIU Entrance Monument: 16.5 mi
- Apple Creek Conservation Area: 6.5 mi
- Little Grand Canyon: 7.0 mi
- La Rue Swamp Nature Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Camp Hutchins: 9.0 mi
- Lake Murphysboro State Park: 12.2 mi
- ps: 11.8 mi
- gym: 11.8 mi
- k: 16.7 mi
- pyroglyphics: 18.8 mi
- Faery: 18.8 mi
- Buttermilk Hill Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Bald Knob Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Clearview: 11.8 mi
- Oak Point Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Shady Cove: 12.0 mi
- Pomona Natural Bridge: 9.3 mi
- Alto Clay Works: 11.6 mi
- ps: 11.6 mi
- ps: 11.7 mi
- ps: 13.0 mi
- Cobden Museum: 16.2 mi
- Sharp Museum: 16.9 mi
- The Carbondale Depot Museum: 17.3 mi
- Giant City Visitor Center: 18.1 mi
- African American Museum of Southern Illinois: 18.6 mi
- Fountain Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 6.5 mi
- Preachers Eye: 7.3 mi
- Abneyville Rock: 7.9 mi
- Kumakura Garden: 16.9 mi
- Student Center Garden: 16.9 mi
- Kaity's Garden: 17.1 mi
- Flyover Public Garden: 17.4 mi
- May Greene Garden: 23.3 mi
- Truck Parking: 13.6 mi
- Fruitland Rest Area (Southbound): 13.6 mi
- Trail of Tears Rest Area - Southbound: 24.1 mi
- Trail of Tears Rest Area - Northbound: 24.2 mi
- Bottoms Spring: 3.3 mi
- Cave Spring: 7.4 mi
- Seep: 17.9 mi
- Lovejoy: 7.6 mi
- Brownsville: 11.4 mi
- Kinkaid Lake Spillway Falls: 9.8 mi
- Falls-Shelter Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Campground Beach: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Devils Bake Oven. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | SE 124° | 314 m | 11.1 mi |
| Tiptop Knob | ESE 115° | 269 m | 16.9 mi |
| Government Rock | SE 137° | 250 m | 6.3 mi |
| Grassy Knob | S 185° | 242 m | 17.5 mi |
| Grassy Knob | ESE 113° | 241 m | 5.1 mi |
| McGee Hill | SSE 147° | 240 m | 7.9 mi |
| Vick Hill | SSE 159° | 232 m | 24.2 mi |
| Coker Knob | S 179° | 228 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
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 | 35 | 40 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anna 4 N, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/354198932
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