Historic site · Illinois

Clear Lake Veterans Memorial

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Elevation, modelled: 168 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles: Elkhart Hill221 m · 12.8 mi
Nearest byway: Historic Route 663.8 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 20:31local time
Coordinates: 39.8443, -89.5448

Clear Lake Veterans Memorial is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled 168 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln and the Talisman, a historic site 3.0 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.8 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

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Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Elkhart Hill	NNE 18°	221 m	12.8 mi
Long Mound	ESE 116°	206 m	23.6 mi
Blue Mound	ESE 114°	205 m	23.7 mi
Walnut Hill	N 360°	197 m	9.2 mi
Polecat Hill	N 0°	187 m	18.2 mi
Cotton Hill	S 188°	186 m	11.5 mi
Yellow Hammer Knob	ESE 104°	183 m	12.5 mi
Lockenauer Hill	NNE 29°	180 m	20.2 mi

On the road

3.8 mi off the Historic Route 66National
67.9 mi off the Great River RoadNational

Overlooks nearby

Capitol View · 7 mi

Around it

99 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites52

Lincoln and the Talisman: 3.0 mi
AIDS Memorial Labyrinth: 5.7 mi
1908 Race Riot Archaeological Site: 5.9 mi
Henry Stephens: 5.9 mi
Lincoln Belltower: 6.0 mi

Museums24

Illinois Fire Museum: 5.0 mi
Shea's Gas Station Museum: 5.1 mi
Illinois State Fair Museum: 5.2 mi
Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum: 6.0 mi
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum: 6.1 mi

Attractions12

Peaks9

Walnut Hill: 9.2 mi
Cotton Hill: 11.5 mi
Yellow Hammer Knob: 12.5 mi
Elkhart Hill: 12.8 mi
Polecat Hill: 18.2 mi

Rest areas2

Rail Splitter Rest Area - Northbound: 3.0 mi
Rail Splitter Rest Area - Southbound: 4.0 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:03	18:35	19:10
June solstice	05:31	19:50	20:31
September equinox	06:46	18:21	18:57
December solstice	07:17	15:54	16:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Sources

OpenStreetMap record

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