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Old Mueller Hall Monument

Old Mueller Hall Monument from directly overhead

Old Mueller Hall Monument is a historic site in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Long Mound stands 206 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mueller Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 29 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
196 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.84237, -88.97521

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Decatur Historic District: 0.6 mi
  • Garfield Park: 0.8 mi
  • Coates Park: 1.0 mi
  • Decatur Downtown Historic District: 1.0 mi
  • decatur greenspace: 1.1 mi
Artworks: 29
  • Tetrahedron: 5.2 mi
  • The Sunsinger: 19.4 mi
  • Death of the Last Centaur: 19.9 mi
  • Death of the Last Centaur: 19.9 mi
  • pillars and fish: 20.4 mi
Gardens: 18
  • healing garden: 2.6 mi
  • Fisher Rock Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Scovill Oriental Gardens: 3.4 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 20.4 mi
  • Musicians: 20.5 mi
Museums: 12
  • Millikin Homestead: 0.4 mi
  • Staley Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Oglesby Mansion: 0.8 mi
  • Hieronymus Mueller Museum: 0.8 mi
  • African American Cultural Inc: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Historic sites: 9
  • Mueller Monument: 0.0 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln Monument: 0.1 mi
  • Unknown Soldier Monument: 1.1 mi
  • G.A.R. Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Decatur 9/11 Memorial: 2.9 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Wabash Station: 1.6 mi
  • Harristown Depot: 5.8 mi
  • Illinois Central Depot: 18.5 mi
  • Demonstration Prairie: 20.7 mi
  • Music Barn: 20.9 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Blue Mound: 12.8 mi
  • Long Mound: 13.6 mi
  • Yellow Hammer Knob: 18.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Rock Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Old Faithful: 19.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Sergeant Myron G Deckard Memorial Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • Sergeant Myron G Deckard Memorial Rest Area: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long MoundSW 222°206 m13.6 mi
Blue MoundSW 222°205 m12.8 mi
Yellow Hammer KnobW 261°183 m18.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2919:4820:28
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1515:5216:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273142536473767467564232
Precip in2.42.02.64.14.94.74.03.53.13.43.22.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Decatur WTP, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/368072840

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