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Wildcat Bluff

Wildcat Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Wildcat Bluff is a cliff in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 119 m. Tiptop Knob stands 269 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Michael W. Wolff Memorial Wetlands, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 232 miles off. 166 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
119 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.37366, -88.92673

Overlooks nearby

Around it

166 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 38
  • Deer Pond Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
  • Round Bluff Nature Preserve: 11.1 mi
  • Robinett Park: 12.3 mi
  • Goreville City Park: 12.9 mi
  • Chestnut Hills Nature Preserve: 14.3 mi
Nature reserves: 26
  • Michael W. Wolff Memorial Wetlands: 2.1 mi
  • Grassy Slough Preserve: 4.3 mi
  • Hickory Bottoms: 8.4 mi
  • Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge: 8.5 mi
  • Lower Cache River Access Area: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 23
Peaks: 21
  • Hairy Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Taylor Bluff: 8.2 mi
  • Blue Knob: 9.7 mi
  • Island Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Jims Hill: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Bjork's Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Spillway Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Ghost Dance Canyon Boulder Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Dixon Springs Waterfall: 14.2 mi
  • Cedar/Pakentuck Falls: 14.4 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Bulge Hole Ecological Area: 8.6 mi
  • Schwegman Ecological Area: 9.4 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 11.1 mi
  • Water Fall: 11.8 mi
  • Woodmanship: 13.6 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Trail of Tears Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • 50 Years: 13.7 mi
  • Legend of Ondessonk: 13.7 mi
  • CCC Tree Planting: 14.5 mi
  • Superman Statue: 18.7 mi
Museums: 7
Natural arches: 5
  • Slough Arch: 3.6 mi
  • Cedar Wonders Arch: 12.1 mi
  • Pot Hole Arch: 14.7 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 18.0 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 3
  • Dixon Springs: 14.2 mi
  • Bell Smith Springs: 17.8 mi
  • Seep: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wildcat Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tiptop KnobNW 304°269 m20.4 mi
Vick HillW 260°232 m24.0 mi
Millstone BluffENE 63°221 m14.6 mi
Pine KnobW 267°219 m21.9 mi
Buck KnobNW 319°217 m13.7 mi
Iron MountainWNW 295°212 m23.3 mi
Jims HillNNW 329°198 m12.5 mi
Italian HillW 261°196 m21.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3319:08
June solstice05:3619:4220:20
September equinox06:4418:2018:54
December solstice07:0716:0116:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343948586674777670594738
Precip in3.83.64.75.05.24.14.43.73.83.84.34.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dixon Springs Agric CTR, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/354155531

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