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Bearcat Statue

Bearcat Statue from directly overhead

Bearcat Statue is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Clarks Mound stands 196 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is The Thinker, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 18 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Getting there

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Coordinates38.60816, -89.81631

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • The Thinker: 0.1 mi
  • O'Fallon Veterans Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Airlifter's Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • Historic Scott Gate: 5.4 mi
  • Transportation Plaza: 5.5 mi
Parks
  • Secret Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Horner Recreation Park: 0.9 mi
  • Horner Recreation Park: 1.0 mi
  • McAllister Park: 1.1 mi
  • Summerfield Park: 3.6 mi
Artworks
  • Art Classics, Ltd.: 7.3 mi
  • Mary: 10.9 mi
  • Jarvis: 10.9 mi
  • Virgin Mary Statue: 11.3 mi
  • Aviston Mural: 11.4 mi
Museums: 49
  • O'Fallon Historical Society: 5.2 mi
  • Mascoutah Heritage Museum: 8.2 mi
  • City Museum: 10.3 mi
  • St. Clair County Historical Society: 10.9 mi
  • Labor & Industrial Museum: 10.9 mi
Gardens: 41
Attractions: 20
Peaks: 16
  • Emerald Mound: 2.3 mi
  • Berger Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Browns Mound: 8.2 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Fox Hill: 12.3 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Picnic sites: 6
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Falling Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Headwaters: 23.2 mi
  • Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 24.3 mi
  • Cabanne Spring: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wise Falls: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clarks MoundW 262°196 m13.9 mi
Turkey HillSSW 206°185 m10.6 mi
Fox HillWNW 303°182 m12.3 mi
Browns MoundNW 324°174 m8.2 mi
Berger HillE 86°171 m3.1 mi
Neudeckers MountainN 5°171 m12.6 mi
Haubers HillS 190°166 m14.6 mi
Emerald MoundNE 48°158 m2.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:11
June solstice05:3619:4820:28
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1416:0016:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343848586876797770604837
Precip in2.62.23.44.95.04.64.03.93.43.13.62.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belleville SIU Rsch, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5638587963

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