Fountain Bluff
Fountain Bluff is a cliff in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 162 m. Bald Knob stands 314 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bottoms Spring, a spring 1.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.6 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 162 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 12.2 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
Named places within 25 miles
- Oakwood Bottoms Greentree Reservoir Interpretive Site: 2.5 mi
- Devil's Backbone Park: 2.9 mi
- Holy Boulders: 6.9 mi
- Riverside Park: 9.7 mi
- Paul Ice Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
- Walker Hill: 2.9 mi
- Lookout Rocks: 5.7 mi
- Swallow Rock: 5.7 mi
- Grassy Knob: 6.3 mi
- Cleinman Mound: 7.4 mi
- Bald Knob Cross of Peace: 12.6 mi
- Wolf Lake Memorial Garden: 12.8 mi
- Alto Pass Area Veterans Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Shawnee Veterans Memorial Wall: 14.0 mi
- SIU Entrance Monument: 15.5 mi
- Little Grand Canyon: 6.1 mi
- Apple Creek Conservation Area: 9.1 mi
- Lake Murphysboro State Park: 9.9 mi
- La Rue Swamp Nature Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Johnson Creek Recreation Area: 10.9 mi
- Buttermilk Hill Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Bald Knob Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Clearview: 9.6 mi
- Oak Point Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Shady Cove: 9.7 mi
- ps: 9.8 mi
- gym: 9.9 mi
- k: 15.8 mi
- pyroglyphics: 16.5 mi
- Faery: 18.2 mi
- Devils Bake Oven: 2.7 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Abneyville Rock: 6.0 mi
- Preachers Eye: 9.5 mi
- Pomona Natural Bridge: 9.2 mi
- ps: 9.7 mi
- ps: 9.7 mi
- ps: 11.1 mi
- Alto Clay Works: 12.6 mi
- Sharp Museum: 15.9 mi
- The Carbondale Depot Museum: 16.2 mi
- Cobden Museum: 17.2 mi
- African American Museum of Southern Illinois: 17.5 mi
- Giant City Visitor Center: 18.3 mi
- Kumakura Garden: 15.9 mi
- Student Center Garden: 16.0 mi
- Kaity's Garden: 16.0 mi
- Flyover Public Garden: 16.3 mi
- Heritage Garden: 23.3 mi
- Bottoms Spring: 1.6 mi
- Cave Spring: 8.7 mi
- Seep: 18.2 mi
- Kinkaid Lake Spillway Falls: 7.2 mi
- Falls-Shelter Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Brownsville: 9.2 mi
- Lovejoy: 10.3 mi
- Truck Parking: 15.9 mi
- Fruitland Rest Area (Southbound): 16.0 mi
- Campground Beach: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fountain Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | SE 135° | 314 m | 12.5 mi |
| Tiptop Knob | ESE 124° | 269 m | 17.9 mi |
| Government Rock | SSE 152° | 250 m | 8.3 mi |
| Grassy Knob | S 186° | 242 m | 20.2 mi |
| Grassy Knob | SE 138° | 241 m | 6.3 mi |
| McGee Hill | SSE 157° | 240 m | 10.1 mi |
| Coker Knob | S 180° | 228 m | 20.9 mi |
| Thompson Hill | S 181° | 221 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:02 | 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 | 33 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carbondale Sthrn Illinois AP, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/354103398
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- Cape Girardeau · 26 mi
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