Center for American Archeology Museum
Center for American Archeology Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 133 m. Buffalo Knob stands 305 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Skip Anderson Big Timber Preservation Area, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 12 miles off. 144 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.
The story
The Center for American Archeology, or CAA, is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) research and education institution located in Kampsville, Illinois, USA, near the Illinois River. It is dedicated to the exploration of the culture of prehistoric Native Americans and, to a lesser extent, the European settlers who supplanted them. Founded on what is often referred to as the "Nile of North America," the region surrounding the confluence of the Mississippi and the Illinois rivers, the Center for American Archeology specializes in North American pre-Columbian cultures of the area. Due to successive settlement along the rivers, the area is particularly rich in Woodland Period artifacts, especially those of the Middle Woodland Hopewell culture, and later Mississippian culture. The Center has been associated with years of excavation at the Koster Site in Greene County, Illinois. Researchers have uncovered evidence of more than 7,000 years of human habitation, back to the Early Archaic period (8000 BC to 1000 BC). The center is located about 90 minutes north of St. Louis and the Cahokia Mounds near Collinsville, Illinois. It uses the Kamp Store as the site of the CAA's Visitor’s Center and Museum. The early 1900s mercantile building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Wikidata Q5059492, matched on coordinates and name (16 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Center for American Archeology
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- On the Great River Road, National
- 18.1 mi off the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cross Point · 21 mi
- Observation Deck · 21 mi
- Mark Decker Platform · 21 mi
- Eagle Roost Overlook · 23 mi
144 named places within 25 miles
- Witachek Mound: 6.7 mi
- Anderson Hill: 6.8 mi
- Zerby Hill: 7.2 mi
- Spankey Hill: 8.0 mi
- Bobtail Hill: 8.3 mi
- The McCully Heritage Project: 1.3 mi
- Diamond-Hurricane Island State Fish and Waterfowl Management Area: 5.9 mi
- Upper Mississippi River State Wildlife Manag: 7.5 mi
- Rip Rap Landing State Fish and Waterfowl Management Area: 9.2 mi
- McMaster Woods Nature Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Perrins Ledge: 2.7 mi
- Saltpeter Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Shelter Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Goat Cliff: 22.1 mi
- Wide Giant City: 22.1 mi
- Clay Spring: 19.0 mi
- Cave Spring: 19.8 mi
- Spring: 21.9 mi
- Artesian Spring: 22.0 mi
- Spring: 22.3 mi
- Skip Anderson Big Timber Preservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Prairie Slough Conservation Area: 9.2 mi
- Sandy Island: 19.4 mi
- Sandy Island Bald Eagle Sanctuary: 21.1 mi
- David Kessler Memorial Wildlife Area: 23.0 mi
- Mozier Landing Site: 7.6 mi
- Westport Island: 8.7 mi
- Gilead Gap: 12.1 mi
- Large Stag Island: 15.4 mi
- Jim Crow Island: 17.4 mi
- Harman House Museum: 17.3 mi
- Jerseyville County Historical Society: 19.3 mi
- Pike County All Wars Museum: 23.8 mi
- Old School Museum: 24.4 mi
- Falls: 22.1 mi
- Sierra Falls: 23.0 mi
- Falls: 24.9 mi
- Falls: 25.0 mi
- Sterling Landing: 13.6 mi
- Burr Oak: 18.5 mi
- Mushroom Farm: 1.2 mi
- 217 Terror Haunted House: 18.1 mi
- Mary the Turtle: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Center for American Archeology Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Knob | W 268° | 305 m | 23.9 mi |
| Springston Knob | WSW 259° | 280 m | 19.0 mi |
| Ben Watts Knob | W 266° | 275 m | 18.1 mi |
| Tedlock Knob | WSW 258° | 275 m | 19.4 mi |
| Tucker Knob | SSE 166° | 268 m | 22.5 mi |
| Long Knob | WNW 282° | 267 m | 20.8 mi |
| Dale Knob | W 260° | 263 m | 17.8 mi |
| Tower Knob | W 278° | 259 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:53 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
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 | 29 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elsberry 1 S, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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