Red Bud Area Museum
Red Bud Area Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 144 m. Buck Knob stands 259 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ratz Memorial City Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 9.7 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
city in Randolph County, Illinois, United States
Dates from 1820.
Wikidata Q574895, matched on coordinates and name (553 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Red Bud Area Museum
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 16.6 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
Named places within 25 miles
- Ratz Memorial City Park: 0.3 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.4 mi
- Ruma Community Park: 5.2 mi
- Hecker Village Park: 6.5 mi
- Baldwin Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area: 6.8 mi
- Bellefontaine House: 11.7 mi
- Historic Peterstown House: 12.4 mi
- Center for French Colonial Life: 16.3 mi
- Louis Bolduc House: 16.3 mi
- Ste Genevieve Museum Learning Center: 16.4 mi
- Dutch Hill: 9.3 mi
- 690 ft: 9.8 mi
- Point Lookout: 13.6 mi
- Jawbone: 14.5 mi
- Haubers Hill: 14.9 mi
- Kennett Castle: 18.9 mi
- Abandoned building: 19.6 mi
- September 11 Memorial Walkway of Southern Illinois: 19.9 mi
- Gummershiemer Memorial: 20.3 mi
- Bob's Memorial: 20.3 mi
- Kidd Lake State Natural Area: 11.0 mi
- Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Salt Lick Point Land and Water Reserve: 17.5 mi
- Stemler Cave Woods Nature Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Tweed Prairie: 23.3 mi
- World War One Doughboy: 11.8 mi
- Big Red Shoe: 20.9 mi
- Retro Tree: 21.1 mi
- Kinetic Sculpture: 21.1 mi
- Fox: 21.2 mi
- Belleville Heart Garden: 20.3 mi
- Herb Garden: 20.3 mi
- Belleville Heart Garden Community Orchard: 20.4 mi
- Dupo Community Garden: 24.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 24.4 mi
- Skaggs Spring: 20.0 mi
- Falling Spring: 24.3 mi
- Stone Arch: 12.2 mi
- Bloomsdale Rest Area (Northbound): 18.7 mi
- Shoemaker School: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Bud Area Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Knob | W 270° | 259 m | 19.9 mi |
| Pikes Peak | SW 221° | 220 m | 20.5 mi |
| Potato Hill | WNW 286° | 218 m | 17.1 mi |
| Lick Hill | S 183° | 188 m | 22.5 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNE 16° | 185 m | 18.5 mi |
| Jawbone | SW 229° | 182 m | 14.5 mi |
| Haubers Hill | NNE 29° | 166 m | 14.9 mi |
| Dutch Hill | NE 54° | 150 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
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 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kaskaskia RVR Navigation Lock, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12863380544
Day trips start here
- Belleville · 21 mi
- Cahokia · 27 mi
- O'Fallon · 27 mi
- East St. Louis · 29 mi
- Lebanon · 29 mi
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