Ghost town · Illinois
Tuscumbia
Tuscumbia is a ghost town in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Haney Hill stands 229 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bernadotte Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 44 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
human settlement in Illinois, United States of America
How to reach it
Coordinates40.41360, -90.30250
- 44.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 11.4 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jake's Point Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Bernadotte Park: 1.3 mi
- Harper - Rector Woods Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Ratcliff Park: 7.1 mi
- Table Grove Village Square: 7.3 mi
- Arnett Park: 7.8 mi
Artworks
- "Dirty Dog" Rocky statue: 16.6 mi
- "Walky" Rocky Statue: 16.9 mi
- "Trojan Horse" Rocky statue: 17.1 mi
- "Rocky Road" Rocky Statue: 17.3 mi
- "Inclusivity" Rocky Statue: 17.3 mi
Nature reserves: 13
- Emiquon Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Double T State Fish & Wildlife Area: 16.6 mi
- Lakeland Park: 17.2 mi
- Canton Lake: 19.9 mi
- Canton Youth Acres: 20.3 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Vermont Veterans Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.0 mi
- Looking for Lincoln: 19.6 mi
- War of 1812 Monument: 19.6 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Plaque: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Totten Prairie: 4.0 mi
- Civer: 12.8 mi
- Sugarville: 13.9 mi
- Bybee: 14.2 mi
- Midway: 19.9 mi
Museums: 4
- Dickson Mounds Museum: 10.7 mi
- Western Illinois Museum: 19.6 mi
- Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery: 21.6 mi
- Schuyler Jail Museum & Gnlgcl: 24.6 mi
Peaks: 3
- Dyers Mound: 10.9 mi
- Tampico Mounds: 14.8 mi
- Haney Hill: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tuscumbia. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haney Hill | N 355° | 229 m | 17.1 mi |
| Dyers Mound | NW 305° | 221 m | 10.9 mi |
| Tampico Mounds | E 89° | 175 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 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 | 16:39 |
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 | 25 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Havana, 15 mi away.
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