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Milton

Milton from directly overhead

Milton is a ghost town in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. The Mound stands 257 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Boyd Park, a park 5.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 27 miles off. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

former town in Brown County, Illinois

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Coordinates39.84577, -90.65808
Around it

65 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 44
  • Boyd Park: 5.3 mi
  • Griggsville Historic District: 10.1 mi
  • Meredosia Hill Prairie Nature Preserve: 10.3 mi
  • Mount Sterling Commercial Historic District: 11.2 mi
  • Brown County Elementary Park: 11.5 mi
Peaks: 6
  • The Mound: 16.2 mi
  • Browns Mound: 16.4 mi
  • Calvert Hill: 16.7 mi
  • Allison Mound: 19.0 mi
  • The Mound: 21.0 mi
Museums: 5
  • Beardstown River Museum: 16.8 mi
  • Pike County All Wars Museum: 18.0 mi
  • Old School Museum: 18.5 mi
  • Schuyler Jail Museum & Gnlgcl: 19.5 mi
  • Prairie Land Heritage Museam: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Artworks: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Bridge Foundation: 14.7 mi
  • New Philadelphia National Historic Site interpretive kiosk: 19.1 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The MoundWSW 256°257 m16.2 mi
Calvert HillS 189°218 m16.7 mi
The MoundESE 115°216 m21.0 mi
Allison MoundESE 121°207 m19.0 mi
Pilot KnobS 171°193 m22.8 mi
Browns MoundSSE 154°158 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3519:5420:35
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:2115:5916:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273242536473767467554332
Precip in2.02.02.63.94.44.74.53.23.63.12.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Perry 6 NW, 9 mi away.

Sources

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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