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Totten Prairie

Totten Prairie from directly overhead

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

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
Ghost towns: 5
Museums: 4
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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Haney HillNNW 347°229 m13.9 mi
Dyers MoundWNW 284°221 m11.2 mi
Tampico MoundsESE 105°175 m13.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3219:5420:36
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2215:5516:38

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, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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