Stone Face
Stone Face is a cliff in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 221 m. Williams Hill stands 325 m to the south-southwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Cave Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 203 miles off. 181 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 221 m
How to reach it
- 203.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 3.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
181 named places within 25 miles
- Cave Hill: 1.8 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.1 mi
- Horton Hill: 2.4 mi
- Colbert Hill: 3.0 mi
- Wamble Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Arch of the Gods: 5.2 mi
- Buzzard Point Arch: 5.8 mi
- Shelter Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Shelter Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Harts Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Gaskins City Baseball Complex: 7.1 mi
- Cardinal Park: 7.5 mi
- Taylor Field: 7.9 mi
- Harrisburg Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
- Saline County Fair Grounds: 8.6 mi
- Arch of the Gods Cascade: 5.3 mi
- Blue Blaze Cascade: 10.2 mi
- Ripple Canyon Falls: 10.9 mi
- Burden Falls: 13.1 mi
- Upper Burden Falls: 13.1 mi
- Herod Cave: 5.3 mi
- Harrisburg Remodeling: 7.7 mi
- Harrisburg Daily Register: 7.8 mi
- Graf Ink Printing: 7.8 mi
- David Nave Insurance: 8.3 mi
- Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area: 4.6 mi
- Pounds Hollow Recreation Area: 9.5 mi
- Martha's Woods: 10.9 mi
- Lusk Creek Canyon Nature Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Burden Falls Wilderness: 12.5 mi
- Lakeview Cemetery: 9.4 mi
- Lakeview School: 9.7 mi
- Finney Markey: 9.9 mi
- Allen Family Farmhouse: 10.1 mi
- Dunbar School: 10.1 mi
- Elephant Arch: 4.4 mi
- Purse Strap Arch: 4.5 mi
- Alien Arch: 5.2 mi
- Natural Bridge: 10.5 mi
- Natural Bridge: 15.5 mi
- Olde Towne Hall Village History: 7.2 mi
- Saline County Area Museum: 7.5 mi
- Old Slave House - Closed to the Public: 9.2 mi
- Old Eldorado City Hall: 10.5 mi
- Stonefort Depot Museums: 15.2 mi
- High Knob: 7.2 mi
- Lakeview: 9.5 mi
- Pine Point: 20.9 mi
- Goose Bay: 21.3 mi
- Negro Spring: 8.4 mi
- Decker Spring: 13.2 mi
- Bell Smith Springs: 15.6 mi
- Dixon Springs: 22.8 mi
- Cheif Tecumseh Statue: 3.2 mi
- Big John: 10.2 mi
- Halfway: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Stone Face. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Hill | SSW 202° | 325 m | 5.8 mi |
| Horton Hill | S 181° | 297 m | 2.4 mi |
| Wamble Mountain | SSW 196° | 287 m | 3.5 mi |
| Cave Hill | NNE 34° | 284 m | 1.8 mi |
| High Knob | SE 125° | 279 m | 7.2 mi |
| Potato Hill | SSW 202° | 270 m | 7.3 mi |
| Garden Of the Gods | SE 144° | 262 m | 4.8 mi |
| Benham Hill | SSW 192° | 252 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:58 | 16:39 |
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 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/354149000
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