First Comprehensive Highway Tree Planting
First Comprehensive Highway Tree Planting is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Gurgens Park, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.2 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1934
- Inscription
- One of the first comprehensive highway tree planting projects in Illinois is along this route which leads to the New Salem State Park. The planting, which was completed in 1934, was sponsored by the Women's Horner Clubs of Sangamon County.
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 64.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 6 mi
- Jake's Point Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kennedy Park: 2.4 mi
- Village Park: 3.2 mi
- Cantrall Park: 3.5 mi
- Crown Point Park: 3.5 mi
- Conservation World: 3.7 mi
- Cow: 4.2 mi
- Corn: 4.2 mi
- Lincoln Statue: 4.3 mi
- Bust of Abraham Lincoln: 4.6 mi
- Ronald McDonald Statue: 5.5 mi
- Fighter Jets: 3.0 mi
- AIDS Memorial Labyrinth: 4.3 mi
- G.A.R. Mound - Army of the Republic Monument: 4.5 mi
- Lincoln and the Talisman: 4.5 mi
- Lincoln Belltower: 4.5 mi
- Air Combat Museum: 3.2 mi
- Illinois State Fair Museum: 3.9 mi
- Illinois Fire Museum: 4.2 mi
- Shea's Gas Station Museum: 4.5 mi
- Illinois State Military Museum: 4.7 mi
- Lorraine DeSouza Perennial Garden: 3.8 mi
- The Neighborhood Garden: 5.4 mi
- Garden of Hope: 5.6 mi
- Enos Park Sculpture Garden: 5.6 mi
- Climate Restoration Area: 6.7 mi
- Walnut Hill: 9.1 mi
- Elkhart Hill: 14.1 mi
- Cotton Hill: 15.4 mi
- Polecat Hill: 16.6 mi
- Yellow Hammer Knob: 19.8 mi
- Milk a Cow: 4.0 mi
- High Dive Show: 4.2 mi
- Route 66 Experience: 4.3 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 6.5 mi
- Shell Gas Station: 8.0 mi
- Gurgens Park: 2.2 mi
- Carpenter Park: 3.0 mi
- Riverside Park: 3.2 mi
- Sangamon River State Natural Area: 4.0 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.6 mi
- Hampton Bluff: 20.8 mi
- Cavanaugh Bluff: 24.3 mi
- Iron Spring: 6.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of First Comprehensive Highway Tree Planting. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | NE 49° | 221 m | 14.1 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NE 47° | 197 m | 9.1 mi |
| Polecat Hill | NNE 24° | 187 m | 16.6 mi |
| Cotton Hill | SSE 160° | 186 m | 15.4 mi |
| Yellow Hammer Knob | ESE 108° | 183 m | 19.8 mi |
| Kingfisher Hill | NW 308° | 183 m | 20.9 mi |
| Lockenauer Hill | NE 49° | 180 m | 22.1 mi |
| Pool Hill | NNE 22° | 176 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunrise.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:55 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 65 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield Abraham Lincoln CA, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9983943185
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