Pluto Monument
Pluto Monument is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Smiths Mound stands 228 m to the southeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Marilla Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Illinois River Road passes 12 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
- 18.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Illinois Canyon · 12 mi
- Kaskaskia Canyon · 12 mi
- Ottawa Canyon · 12 mi
- Council Overhang · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Marilla Park: 0.8 mi
- City Park: 1.7 mi
- Spring Lake Park: 1.8 mi
- Heritage Park: 1.8 mi
- Central Park: 1.9 mi
- Streatorland Historical Museum: 1.7 mi
- La Salle County Historical Museum: 16.1 mi
- Livingston County War Museum: 21.3 mi
- Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum: 21.3 mi
- Pontiac - Oakland Museum and Resource Center: 21.4 mi
- Smiths Mound: 9.7 mi
- Frog Effigy: 12.9 mi
- Catfish Effigy: 12.9 mi
- Buffalo Rock: 12.9 mi
- Water Strider Effigy: 13.0 mi
- Buffalo Rock State Park: 13.1 mi
- Illini State Park: 13.4 mi
- Matthiessen State Park: 13.7 mi
- Dayton Bluffs Preserve: 15.6 mi
- Humiston Woods Nature Center: 15.6 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Middle East Conflicts Memorial Wall: 13.8 mi
- Remembering the Radium Girls: 13.9 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas: 14.0 mi
- ATSF Depot: 1.8 mi
- Volvo Island: 14.5 mi
- Standard Oil Gas Station: 18.9 mi
- Ladd School Subway: 21.0 mi
- Raymond Schultz Round Barn: 23.5 mi
- Ottawa Canyon Waterfall: 12.4 mi
- Wildcat Canyon Waterfall: 14.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 14.4 mi
- Lake Falls: 14.4 mi
- Saint Louis Canyon Waterfall: 14.7 mi
- Buffalo Rock: 13.0 mi
- Shadow Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Holderman Hill: 21.0 mi
- Reuben G. Soderstrom: 1.6 mi
- Boy Scout of America: 13.2 mi
- Illinois Fallen Soldier Tree Memorial: 13.1 mi
- OSF St. James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center Community Garden: 20.9 mi
- Limestone Rest Area (Southbound): 22.9 mi
- Limestone Rest Area (Northbound): 23.7 mi
- Lake Wildwood Beach 1: 23.6 mi
- Lake WIldwood Beach 2: 24.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pluto Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smiths Mound | SE 128° | 228 m | 9.7 mi |
| Piety Hill | NW 311° | 189 m | 16.8 mi |
| Buffalo Rock | NNW 340° | 170 m | 12.9 mi |
| Starved Rock | NNW 326° | 167 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
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 | 24 | 28 | 39 | 51 | 63 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Streator 3 SE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11929705122
Day trips start here
- Cherry · 27 mi
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