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Dutton

Dutton from directly overhead

Dutton is a ghost town in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Long Knob stands 267 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is King Park, a park 4.1 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 20 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

human settlement in Illinois, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates39.67444, -90.79972

Overlooks nearby

80 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
  • King Park: 4.1 mi
  • Griggsville Historic District: 4.6 mi
  • Pittsfield Historic District: 4.8 mi
  • Lowry Park: 5.1 mi
  • Pike County Conservation Area: 8.2 mi
Peaks: 20
  • Calvert Hill: 6.7 mi
  • The Mound: 11.5 mi
  • Browns Mound: 14.9 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 15.5 mi
  • Buffalo Knob: 20.5 mi
Museums: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • New Philadelphia National Historic Site interpretive kiosk: 8.7 mi
  • Bridge Foundation: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Artworks: 1
  • America's Most Wanted Bird: 4.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long KnobSSW267 m24.1 mi
Tower KnobSSW259 m24.7 mi
The MoundNW257 m11.5 mi
Bethlehem KnobSSW256 m24.6 mi
Page KnobSSW251 m22.9 mi
Pickerton HillWSW251 m23.2 mi
Robert HillSSW250 m22.5 mi
Wilcoxen KnobSSW250 m22.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:15
June solstice05:3619:5520:35
September equinox06:5218:2619:02
December solstice07:2116:0016:43

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283242546574777567564433
Precip in2.02.12.94.14.85.04.13.43.63.02.92.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pittsfield #2, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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