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Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery

Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery from directly overhead

Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 154 m. Buxtom Hill stands 207 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Jack Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 63 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
State of Illinois

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.43015, -89.89261

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Henry Allan Gleason Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
  • Copperas Creek Management Area: 4.1 mi
  • Chautauqua National Migratory Waterfowl Refuge: 8.6 mi
  • Hulit Park: 9.4 mi
  • Prairie Park: 10.9 mi
Artworks: 25
Nature reserves: 24
  • Jack Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery: 0.4 mi
  • Walden West Land and Water Reserve: 1.8 mi
  • Spring Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area: 3.9 mi
  • Manito State Habitat Area: 6.0 mi
  • Banner Marsh Fish and Wildlife Area: 7.6 mi
Historic sites: 19
  • Tazewell County Veterans Memorial: 16.0 mi
  • 29th U.S. Colored Infantry Memorial: 16.0 mi
  • Fort Crevecoeur Park veterans memorial: 21.1 mi
  • Fort Crevecoeur monument: 21.3 mi
  • Fort Crevecoeur DAR memorial rock: 21.3 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Tampico Mounds: 6.9 mi
  • Hickory Grove Hill: 7.6 mi
  • The Mound: 8.1 mi
  • Little Mound: 8.2 mi
  • Buxtom Hill: 17.2 mi
Museums: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Gardens: 5
Attractions: 2
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buxtom HillSE 125°207 m17.2 mi
Tampico MoundsW 261°175 m6.9 mi
The MoundE 80°160 m8.1 mi
Hickory Grove HillE 91°152 m7.6 mi
Little MoundE 86°148 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3019:5320:34
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:2015:5316:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F253041526473777467554231
Precip in2.22.22.74.25.14.74.24.03.33.42.72.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Havana, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7170642609

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