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Allen Family Farmhouse

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Allen Family Farmhouse from directly overhead

Allen Family Farmhouse is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 122 m. Williams Hill stands 325 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Finney Markey, a historic site 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 206 miles off. 191 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.67574, -88.61998

191 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 46
  • Lakeview-East End Veterans Park: 0.7 mi
  • Gary Jones Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Washington Street Park: 0.9 mi
  • Carrier Mills Park: 2.0 mi
  • Carrier Mills Park: 2.0 mi
Peaks: 29
  • Bald Knob: 10.1 mi
  • Wamble Mountain: 10.1 mi
  • Williams Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Horton Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Potato Hill: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 22
Attractions: 19
  • Winters Auto Repair: 0.6 mi
  • Absher Nicholson Funeral Home: 0.9 mi
  • Army Supply Store: 1.0 mi
  • Carrier Mills Municpal Building: 1.0 mi
  • Carrier millswater department: 1.1 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Finney Markey: 0.2 mi
  • Lakeview War Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Lakeview School: 0.8 mi
  • Dunbar School: 0.9 mi
  • Lakeview Cemetery: 1.0 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Burden Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 12.1 mi
Museums: 8
Natural arches: 7
  • Natural Bridge: 10.5 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 11.1 mi
  • Elephant Arch: 13.3 mi
  • Purse Strap Arch: 13.6 mi
  • Alien Arch: 14.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • High Knob: 16.8 mi
  • Pine Point: 18.2 mi
  • Goose Bay: 18.5 mi
  • Lakeview: 19.5 mi
  • Lookout Point Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Bell Smith Springs: 11.0 mi
  • Negro Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Dixon Springs: 20.1 mi
  • Decker Spring: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Cheif Tecumseh Statue: 12.4 mi
  • Big John: 13.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Williams HillSE 129°325 m10.2 mi
Horton HillESE 109°297 m10.6 mi
Wamble MountainESE 116°287 m10.1 mi
Cave HillE 88°284 m11.1 mi
High KnobESE 108°279 m16.8 mi
Potato HillSE 137°270 m10.8 mi
Garden Of the GodsESE 111°262 m13.8 mi
Benham HillSSE 146°252 m14.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:07
June solstice05:3419:4120:20
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0715:5916:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333847586776797770584738
Precip in3.83.14.95.34.34.93.53.63.13.84.03.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13932088975

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