Ghost town · Illinois
Totten Prairie
Totten Prairie is a ghost town in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. Haney Hill stands 229 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Tuscumbia, a ghost town 4.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 45 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Illinois
How to reach it
Coordinates40.46403, -90.26697
- 44.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 10.6 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Harper - Rector Woods Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Bernadotte Park: 5.2 mi
- Ratcliff Park: 7.1 mi
- Higgins Field: 7.3 mi
- Arnett Park: 7.6 mi
Artworks
- "Walky" Rocky Statue: 18.5 mi
- "Trojan Horse" Rocky statue: 18.6 mi
- "Dirty Dog" Rocky statue: 18.7 mi
- "Rocky Road" Rocky Statue: 18.9 mi
- "Inclusivity" Rocky Statue: 18.9 mi
Nature reserves: 13
- Double T State Fish & Wildlife Area: 12.8 mi
- Emiquon Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Lakeland Park: 13.6 mi
- Canton Lake: 16.5 mi
- Canton Youth Acres: 17.0 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Veterans Memorial: 13.7 mi
- Vermont Veterans Memorial: 14.5 mi
- War of 1812 Monument: 21.2 mi
- Looking for Lincoln: 21.2 mi
- Chandler Arch: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Tuscumbia: 4.0 mi
- Civer: 9.3 mi
- Sugarville: 10.1 mi
- Bybee: 10.2 mi
- Midway: 16.3 mi
Museums: 4
- Dickson Mounds Museum: 11.2 mi
- Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery: 19.8 mi
- Farmington Historical Museum: 21.3 mi
- Western Illinois Museum: 21.3 mi
Peaks: 3
- Dyers Mound: 11.2 mi
- Tampico Mounds: 13.3 mi
- Haney Hill: 13.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Totten Prairie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haney Hill | NNW 347° | 229 m | 13.9 mi |
| Dyers Mound | WNW 284° | 221 m | 11.2 mi |
| Tampico Mounds | ESE 105° | 175 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:54 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:55 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 29 | 40 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prairie City 2S, 14 mi away.
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