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Millsdale

Millsdale from directly overhead

Millsdale is a ghost town in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 159 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluff Park, a park 1.9 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.6 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

human settlement in Illinois, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates41.43500, -88.16420

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bluff Park: 1.9 mi
  • Central Park: 2.7 mi
  • Prairie Wetland: 2.8 mi
  • Erickson Park: 3.0 mi
  • Lower Rock Run Preserve: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Mary Alfred Moes 1828-1899: 7.5 mi
  • Louis Jolliet: 7.8 mi
  • Yugo Griffin: 16.8 mi
  • Green Eggs and Ham: 19.0 mi
  • Balancing Beam: 21.2 mi
Historic sites: 57
  • Veteran's Memorial: 9.3 mi
  • Plainfield Tornado Memorial: 11.7 mi
  • Dreams: 12.0 mi
  • Illinois & Michigan Canal Office: 12.1 mi
  • High Prairie Trail: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Museums: 32
Attractions: 14
Gardens: 14
Peaks: 5
  • Mounded Landfill: 20.9 mi
  • Signal Hill: 21.5 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 22.3 mi
  • Rotary Hill: 23.1 mi
  • Maramech Hill: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Lake Strini: 15.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillNNE 12°259 m20.9 mi
Maramech HillNW 306°196 m24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4216:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242838496070747266534029
Precip in2.01.82.33.94.54.34.64.03.23.12.51.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joliet Brandon RD DAM, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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