Shadow Bluff
Shadow Bluff is a cliff in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 141 m. Smiths Mound stands 228 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is East Side Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Illinois River Road passes 0.7 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 141 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
- 26.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Illinois Canyon · 6 mi
- Council Overhang · 7 mi
- Kaskaskia Canyon · 7 mi
- Ottawa Canyon · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Side Park: 0.7 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 0.7 mi
- Allen Park: 0.8 mi
- Fox River Park: 0.9 mi
- Jordan's Block: 0.9 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas: 1.1 mi
- Remembering the Radium Girls: 1.1 mi
- Middle East Conflicts Memorial Wall: 6.1 mi
- Pluto Monument: 13.2 mi
- Dayton Bluffs Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Buffalo Rock State Park: 4.9 mi
- Illini State Park: 5.0 mi
- Matthiessen State Park: 10.7 mi
- Matthiessen State Park: 10.9 mi
- Water Strider Effigy: 4.7 mi
- Frog Effigy: 4.8 mi
- Buffalo Rock: 4.9 mi
- Catfish Effigy: 5.0 mi
- Starved Rock: 8.5 mi
- La Salle County Historical Museum: 9.5 mi
- Streatorland Historical Museum: 14.9 mi
- Earlville History Museum: 18.0 mi
- Fern Dell Museum: 18.7 mi
- Grundy County Historical Society: 20.7 mi
- Ottawa Canyon Waterfall: 6.6 mi
- Wildcat Canyon Waterfall: 8.3 mi
- Saint Louis Canyon Waterfall: 9.4 mi
- Lake Falls: 10.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 10.8 mi
- Volvo Island: 1.9 mi
- ATSF Depot: 14.9 mi
- Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok: 16.0 mi
- CSX Morris Depot: 21.0 mi
- Boy Scout of America: 1.9 mi
- Reuben G. Soderstrom: 14.8 mi
- Train: 23.5 mi
- Buffalo Rock: 5.4 mi
- Holderman Hill: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shadow Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smiths Mound | SSE 160° | 228 m | 20.5 mi |
| Piety Hill | W 261° | 189 m | 13.3 mi |
| Buffalo Rock | WSW 258° | 170 m | 4.9 mi |
| Starved Rock | W 262° | 167 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 26 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marseilles Lock/dam, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/354140809
Day trips start here
- Cherry · 21 mi
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