Horseshoe Bluff
Horseshoe Bluff is a cliff in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Bald Knob stands 314 m to the south-southeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Rocks, a peak 0.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 3.9 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 180 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 17.0 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
Named places within 25 miles
- Oakwood Bottoms Greentree Reservoir Interpretive Site: 3.1 mi
- Holy Boulders: 3.2 mi
- Devil's Backbone Park: 5.9 mi
- Riverside Park: 7.0 mi
- Town Center Park: 7.9 mi
- Lookout Rocks: 0.6 mi
- Swallow Rock: 2.0 mi
- Grassy Knob: 3.6 mi
- Milligan Hill: 5.0 mi
- Walker Hill: 5.4 mi
- Alto Pass Area Veterans Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Bald Knob Cross of Peace: 8.4 mi
- SIU Entrance Monument: 10.5 mi
- SIU Entrance Monument: 11.1 mi
- SIU Entrance Monument: 11.1 mi
- Bald Knob Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Clearview: 8.0 mi
- Shady Cove: 8.1 mi
- Hickory Grove Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Pine Circle Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Little Grand Canyon: 1.4 mi
- Lake Murphysboro State Park: 8.4 mi
- Camp Hutchins: 8.8 mi
- La Rue Swamp Nature Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Chautauqua Bottoms: 9.7 mi
- ps: 7.1 mi
- gym: 7.1 mi
- k: 10.8 mi
- Faery: 12.8 mi
- Dragon Mosaic: 12.9 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 1.3 mi
- Abneyville Rock: 4.2 mi
- Fountain Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Devils Bake Oven: 6.0 mi
- Preachers Eye: 7.7 mi
- Pomona Natural Bridge: 3.6 mi
- ps: 7.0 mi
- ps: 7.0 mi
- Alto Clay Works: 7.7 mi
- ps: 8.0 mi
- Sharp Museum: 11.0 mi
- The Carbondale Depot Museum: 11.4 mi
- Cobden Museum: 12.3 mi
- African American Museum of Southern Illinois: 12.6 mi
- Giant City Visitor Center: 12.7 mi
- Student Center Garden: 11.0 mi
- Kumakura Garden: 11.0 mi
- Kaity's Garden: 11.2 mi
- Flyover Public Garden: 11.5 mi
- Heritage Garden: 18.4 mi
- Truck Parking: 18.7 mi
- Fruitland Rest Area (Southbound): 18.7 mi
- Trail of Tears Rest Area - Southbound: 20.2 mi
- Trail of Tears Rest Area - Northbound: 20.3 mi
- Bottoms Spring: 4.0 mi
- Cave Spring: 4.9 mi
- Seep: 12.7 mi
- Brownsville: 7.6 mi
- Lovejoy: 11.1 mi
- Chamness: 23.0 mi
- Kinkaid Lake Spillway Falls: 8.1 mi
- Falls-Shelter Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Bjork's Falls: 22.8 mi
- Campground Beach: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horseshoe Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | SSE 156° | 314 m | 8.4 mi |
| Tiptop Knob | SE 132° | 269 m | 12.8 mi |
| Government Rock | SSW 194° | 250 m | 6.2 mi |
| Grassy Knob | SSW 202° | 242 m | 20.2 mi |
| Grassy Knob | SSW 199° | 241 m | 3.6 mi |
| McGee Hill | S 190° | 240 m | 8.2 mi |
| Vick Hill | S 173° | 232 m | 24.2 mi |
| Coker Knob | SSW 196° | 228 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/354111044
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