Ghost town · Illinois
Midway
Midway is a ghost town in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Haney Hill stands 229 m to the west-southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverside Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 39 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Illinois, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates40.69860, -90.24330
- 38.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 14.7 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
- 58.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Riverside Park: 1.6 mi
- Mount Pisgah County Park: 6.1 mi
- Rotary Park: 11.0 mi
- Legion Park: 11.3 mi
- Prairie City Park: 12.3 mi
Nature reserves: 13
- Double T State Fish & Wildlife Area: 10.4 mi
- Lakeland Park: 13.2 mi
- Canton Lake: 16.0 mi
- Canton Youth Acres: 16.4 mi
- Massasauga Prairie Nature Preserve: 17.6 mi
Museums: 8
- Farmington Historical Museum: 12.5 mi
- Old Knox County Courthouse: 14.6 mi
- Knox County Museum: 14.7 mi
- Lorado Taft Museum: 15.5 mi
- James B. Stockdale Museum: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Bybee: 7.6 mi
- Sugarville: 11.4 mi
- Civer: 14.0 mi
- Totten Prairie: 16.3 mi
- Tuscumbia: 19.9 mi
Peaks: 3
- Haney Hill: 5.2 mi
- Dyers Mound: 18.1 mi
- Tampico Mounds: 22.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
- The Pioneers: 15.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 17.2 mi
Attractions: 2
- Carl Sandburg Birthplace Historic Site: 17.6 mi
- CB&Q Engine 3006: 18.2 mi
Artworks: 2
- Poet Carl Sandburg and Nellie the Goat: 18.4 mi
- Welcome to Downtown Galesburg: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Spoon River Rest Area: 14.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Midway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haney Hill | WSW 240° | 229 m | 5.2 mi |
| Dyers Mound | SW 222° | 221 m | 18.1 mi |
| Tampico Mounds | SSE 149° | 175 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:54 | 16:37 |
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 | 22 | 26 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Avon, 11 mi away.
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