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Dunbar School

Dunbar School from directly overhead

Dunbar School is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 124 m. Williams Hill stands 325 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Gary Jones Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 205 miles off. 188 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

What the record says

Inscription
Dunbar School

What to expect

Access
Permitted

How to reach it

Coordinates37.68798, -88.61839

188 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 46
  • Gary Jones Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Lakeview-East End Veterans Park: 0.2 mi
  • Washington Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Carrier Mills Park: 1.3 mi
  • Carrier Mills Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks: 28
  • Bald Knob: 10.3 mi
  • Wamble Mountain: 10.4 mi
  • Williams Hill: 10.7 mi
  • Horton Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Cave Hill: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 20
Attractions: 19
  • Army Supply Store: 0.4 mi
  • Winters Auto Repair: 0.4 mi
  • Absher Nicholson Funeral Home: 0.8 mi
  • Carrier Mills Municpal Building: 1.0 mi
  • Carrier millswater department: 1.2 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Lakeview War Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Allen Family Farmhouse: 0.9 mi
  • Finney Markey: 1.0 mi
  • Lakeview School: 1.6 mi
  • Lakeview Cemetery: 1.6 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Burden Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 12.9 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Museums: 8
Natural arches: 7
  • Natural Bridge: 11.2 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 11.9 mi
  • Elephant Arch: 13.6 mi
  • Purse Strap Arch: 13.9 mi
  • Alien Arch: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • High Knob: 17.0 mi
  • Pine Point: 19.0 mi
  • Goose Bay: 19.3 mi
  • Lakeview: 19.6 mi
  • Lookout Point Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Bell Smith Springs: 11.9 mi
  • Negro Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Dixon Springs: 21.0 mi
  • Decker Spring: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Cheif Tecumseh Statue: 12.3 mi
  • Big John: 12.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Williams HillSE 133°325 m10.7 mi
Horton HillESE 114°297 m10.8 mi
Wamble MountainESE 121°287 m10.4 mi
Cave HillE 92°284 m11.0 mi
High KnobESE 111°279 m17.0 mi
Potato HillSE 140°270 m11.4 mi
Garden Of the GodsESE 114°262 m14.0 mi
Benham HillSSE 149°252 m14.7 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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13931933804

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