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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. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 180 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.67574, -88.61998

180 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 41
  • 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
  • Taylor Field: 5.2 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
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
Cliffs: 19
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: 14
  • Burden Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Cedar/Pakentuck Falls: 12.7 mi
Museums: 8
Natural arches: 6
  • Natural Bridge: 10.5 mi
  • Elephant Arch: 13.3 mi
  • Purse Strap Arch: 13.6 mi
  • Alien Arch: 14.6 mi
  • Cedar Wonders Arch: 14.7 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
Artworks: 2
  • Cheif Tecumseh Statue: 12.4 mi
  • Big John: 13.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2

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 HillSE325 m10.2 mi
Horton HillESE297 m10.6 mi
Wamble MountainESE287 m10.1 mi
Cave HillE284 m11.1 mi
High KnobESE279 m16.8 mi
Potato HillSE270 m10.8 mi
Garden Of the GodsESE262 m13.8 mi
Benham HillSSE252 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 50–80 °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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