American Beech Woods Nature Preserve
American Beech Woods Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 178 m. Wolf Mound stands 207 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Trail State Park, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Historic National Road - Illinois passes 2.9 miles off. 149 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 178 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 80.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 11.6 mi off the Historic National Road - Indiana, National
149 named places within 25 miles
- Harlow Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
- Marshall Community Pool & Park: 3.6 mi
- Marshall High School Class of 1958 Park: 3.8 mi
- Marshall Soccer Park: 5.2 mi
- Mill Creek County Park: 8.4 mi
- Antlers: 15.0 mi
- Bookworm: 15.1 mi
- Bookworm: 15.1 mi
- Big Bat: 15.1 mi
- Worlds Largest Rocking Chair: 15.2 mi
- Lost Hill: 1.9 mi
- Big Knoll: 7.9 mi
- Fairbanks Mound: 11.3 mi
- Ladd Hill: 17.4 mi
- Sanford Hill: 18.6 mi
- Clark County Museum: 3.3 mi
- USA Softball of Illinois Hall of Fame: 15.1 mi
- Candles Holocaust Museum & Education Center: 17.6 mi
- Swope Art Museum: 18.4 mi
- Terre Haute Children's Museum: 18.4 mi
- Story Walk: 15.1 mi
- World's Largest Teeter-Totter: 15.2 mi
- World's Largest Teeter-Totter: 15.2 mi
- Porch Swing: 15.4 mi
- Worlds Largest Mailbox: 15.4 mi
- ISU Community Garden: 18.8 mi
- City of Hollies Tree Farm: 18.8 mi
- Herbs Garden: 20.9 mi
- Bamboo Garden: 22.8 mi
- Bamboo Garden: 22.8 mi
- DoD War Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Trolly: 15.4 mi
- Woodlawn Monument Sight: 18.5 mi
- Freedom Shrine: 22.9 mi
- Lincoln Trail State Park: 0.5 mi
- Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area: 17.1 mi
- Fox Ridge State Park: 24.6 mi
- Clear Creek Welcome Center: 13.2 mi
- Clear Creek Welcome Center: 13.2 mi
- Twigg Rest Park: 24.0 mi
- Griffin: 7.9 mi
- Hitesville: 20.9 mi
- Speed Beach: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of American Beech Woods Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Mound | N 1° | 207 m | 24.1 mi |
| Yaw Hill | E 95° | 205 m | 20.2 mi |
| Sanford Hill | E 89° | 204 m | 18.6 mi |
| Ladd Hill | SE 144° | 190 m | 17.4 mi |
| Trimmer Hill | E 88° | 190 m | 21.9 mi |
| Graveyard Hill | W 262° | 180 m | 24.6 mi |
| Pottsville Hill | NE 49° | 179 m | 19.9 mi |
| Lost Hill | W 260° | 164 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:41 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:49 | 16:31 |
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 | 28 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Casey, 14 mi away.
- Monarch7 obs
- Pearl Crescent7 obs
- Christmas fern7 obs
- Eastern Tailed-Blue7 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail7 obs
- Widow Skimmer6 obs
- sassafras6 obs
- Spicebush Swallowtail6 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/354253815
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