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Sugarville

Sugarville from directly overhead

Sugarville is a ghost town in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Haney Hill stands 229 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Civer, a ghost town 2.6 miles away. Illinois River Road passes 4.8 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

human settlement in Illinois, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates40.56056, -90.12278

Overlooks nearby

92 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 50
  • Wallace Park: 4.1 mi
  • Big Creek Park: 4.3 mi
  • Dean Park: 4.5 mi
  • Jones Park: 4.6 mi
  • South Park: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves: 16
  • Double T State Fish & Wildlife Area: 2.8 mi
  • Lakeland Park: 3.8 mi
  • Canton Lake: 7.2 mi
  • Canton Youth Acres: 7.7 mi
  • Banner Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area: 13.8 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Tampico Mounds: 11.4 mi
  • Haney Hill: 12.8 mi
  • Dyers Mound: 18.8 mi
  • The Mound: 21.4 mi
  • Hickory Grove Hill: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Historic sites: 5
  • The Pioneers: 17.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 20.0 mi
  • Vermont Veterans Memorial: 24.4 mi
  • Tazewell County Veterans Memorial: 24.9 mi
  • 29th U.S. Colored Infantry Memorial: 24.9 mi
Museums: 4
Gardens: 3
Rest areas: 1
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Haney HillWNW 303°229 m12.8 mi
Dyers MoundWSW 258°221 m18.8 mi
Tampico MoundsSSE 152°175 m11.4 mi
The MoundESE 111°160 m21.4 mi
Hickory Grove HillESE 115°152 m21.7 mi
Little MoundESE 112°148 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3119:5420:35
September equinox06:4918:2318:59
December solstice07:2115:5416:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242940526372757366554130
Precip in1.91.92.73.85.14.84.13.23.83.02.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prairie City 2S, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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