- Elevation, modelled
- 140 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Government Rock250 m · 24.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Great River Road5.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:25local time
- Coordinates
- 37.8968, -89.6351
Shelter Bluff is a cliff in Illinois, at a modelled 140 m. Government Rock stands 250 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 5.1 miles off. 120 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shelter Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government Rock | SSE 154° | 250 m | 24.7 mi |
| Grassy Knob | SSE 150° | 241 m | 22.5 mi |
| High Knoll | WSW 246° | 204 m | 22.3 mi |
| Swallow Rock | SE 138° | 198 m | 18.9 mi |
| Lick Hill | W 268° | 188 m | 20.9 mi |
| Saint Cosme Hill | SSW 200° | 183 m | 10.0 mi |
| Sugar Hill | ENE 74° | 177 m | 9.7 mi |
| Tater Hill | ENE 71° | 174 m | 9.4 mi |
- 5.1 mi off the Great River RoadNational
- 16.6 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
120 named places within 25 miles
- Bower Park: 7.8 mi
- Percy City Park: 8.0 mi
- Percy School Park: 8.3 mi
- Cole Memorial Park: 9.8 mi
- Officer James I. Brockmeyer Memorial Park: 10.3 mi
- Buttermilk Hill Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Pine Grove: 13.6 mi
- Hidden Cove: 13.6 mi
- Twin Logs: 13.6 mi
- Dogwood: 13.6 mi
- Cleinman Mound: 9.4 mi
- Tater Hill: 9.4 mi
- Sugar Hill: 9.7 mi
- Saint Cosme Hill: 10.0 mi
- Swallow Rock: 18.9 mi
- Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve: 0.0 mi
- Mill Creek Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- Swayne Hollow SNA: 0.9 mi
- Johnson Creek Recreation Area: 7.9 mi
- Lake Murphysboro State Park: 16.1 mi
- Misselhorn Art Museum: 16.0 mi
- Brown Memorial Museum: 16.0 mi
- James M. Eddleman Millitary Museum: 16.3 mi
- Perry County Museum: 16.9 mi
- Illinois Rural Heritage Museum: 18.0 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Wall of Honor: 16.9 mi
- Unknown Departed Memorial: 22.7 mi
- Unknown Departed Memorial: 22.7 mi
- Old Train Depot: 22.9 mi
- Shelter Bluff: 0.2 mi
- Fountain Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Abneyville Rock: 17.0 mi
- Devils Bake Oven: 18.7 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 19.4 mi
- ps: 17.9 mi
- ps: 18.0 mi
- ps: 19.1 mi
- Mystic Willow: 22.5 mi
- Pomona Natural Bridge: 23.4 mi
- pyroglyphics: 0.1 mi
- ps: 18.1 mi
- gym: 18.1 mi
- Falls-Shelter Bluff: 0.1 mi
- Kinkaid Lake Spillway Falls: 13.1 mi
- Bottoms Spring: 17.2 mi
- Cave Spring: 24.8 mi
- Brownsville: 16.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 35 | 44 | 55 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sparta 1 W, 16 mi away.
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