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Stonefort Depot Museums

Stonefort Depot Museums from directly overhead

Stonefort Depot Museums is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 125 m. Williams Hill stands 325 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Stonefort Bluff, a cliff 3.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 212 miles off. 210 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

About

The story

human settlement in Illinois, United States of America

Wikidata Q2671805, matched on coordinates and name (202 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Linda Blackman

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.61491, -88.70764
Around it

210 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 47
  • Washington Street Park: 6.5 mi
  • Lakeview-East End Veterans Park: 6.8 mi
  • Gary Jones Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
  • Carrier Mills Park: 7.3 mi
  • Carrier Mills Park: 7.3 mi
Peaks: 31
  • Millstone Bluff: 10.1 mi
  • Taylor Bluff: 12.4 mi
  • Potato Hill: 12.7 mi
  • Williams Hill: 12.9 mi
  • Wamble Mountain: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 29
Attractions: 20
  • Carrier millswater department: 5.9 mi
  • Carrier Mills Municpal Building: 6.2 mi
  • Absher Nicholson Funeral Home: 6.3 mi
  • Winters Auto Repair: 6.6 mi
  • Boating: 7.3 mi
Historic sites: 19
  • Lakeview School: 6.2 mi
  • Finney Markey: 6.4 mi
  • Allen Family Farmhouse: 6.4 mi
  • Lakeview Cemetery: 6.5 mi
  • Lakeview War Memorial: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Waterfalls: 15
  • Burden Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Cedar/Pakentuck Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Spillway Falls: 7.5 mi
Natural arches: 8
  • Natural Bridge: 7.3 mi
  • Cedar Wonders Arch: 8.6 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 10.4 mi
  • Pot Hole Arch: 15.8 mi
  • Elephant Arch: 17.3 mi
Museums: 8
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pine Point: 14.1 mi
  • Goose Bay: 14.3 mi
  • Lookout Point Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Bluff View Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
  • High Knob: 20.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Bell Smith Springs: 7.2 mi
  • Dixon Springs: 15.9 mi
  • Negro Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Decker Spring: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Cheif Tecumseh Statue: 18.0 mi
  • Big John: 19.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Heritage Garden: 22.7 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Stonefort Depot Museums. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Williams HillE 100°325 m12.9 mi
Horton HillE 87°297 m14.8 mi
Wamble MountainE 91°287 m13.9 mi
Cave HillENE 74°284 m16.5 mi
High KnobE 93°279 m20.8 mi
Potato HillESE 107°270 m12.7 mi
Garden Of the GodsE 92°262 m17.7 mi
Benham HillESE 121°252 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:07
June solstice05:3419:4120:20
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0716:0016:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343948586674777670594738
Precip in3.83.64.75.05.24.14.43.73.83.84.34.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dixon Springs Agric CTR, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/626760671

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