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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 HillWNW229 m12.8 mi
Dyers MoundWSW221 m18.8 mi
Tampico MoundsSSE175 m11.4 mi
The MoundESE160 m21.4 mi
Hickory Grove HillESE152 m21.7 mi
Little MoundESE148 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 50–80 °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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