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Apple River Canyon State Park

Apple River Canyon State Park from directly overhead

Apple River Canyon State Park is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 253 m. White Hill stands 381 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Millville, a ghost town 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 14 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
253 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.44720, -90.05123

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Meridian Park: 4.4 mi
  • Nora Park: 5.6 mi
  • Stockton Township Memorial Park: 6.6 mi
  • Wards Grove Nature Preserve: 10.2 mi
  • Weir White Oaks state Natural Area: 11.7 mi
Museums: 23
Nature reserves: 21
Historic sites: 20
  • Veterans Memorial: 10.5 mi
  • Old Chicago Stageroad: 11.5 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 12.8 mi
  • Blackhawk War Monument: 13.5 mi
  • Wisconsin Lead Region: 13.7 mi
Attractions: 18
Peaks: 17
  • Benton Mound: 3.5 mi
  • Mount Sumner: 4.8 mi
  • Squirrel Grove Mound: 6.0 mi
  • Hudson Mound: 6.8 mi
  • Simmons Mound: 6.8 mi
Artworks: 6
Springs: 5
  • Cleary Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Plum Creek Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Paradise Cove Artesian Well: 13.5 mi
  • Cedar Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Marsden Well: 18.8 mi
Gardens: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Apple Canyon Waterfall: 6.3 mi
  • Thunder Bay Falls: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pavilion: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • South Bluff: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Apple River Canyon State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White HillNW 306°381 m11.2 mi
Charles MoundWNW 292°374 m10.4 mi
Benton MoundS 178°367 m3.5 mi
Mount SumnerWNW 287°357 m4.8 mi
Scales MoundW 277°356 m11.3 mi
Squirrel Grove MoundNW 304°355 m6.0 mi
Hudson MoundWNW 288°354 m6.8 mi
Horseshoe MoundW 261°324 m17.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3519:13
June solstice05:2419:5920:42
September equinox06:4818:2218:59
December solstice07:2715:4516:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202436486069727063513726
Precip in1.21.52.23.94.15.74.54.24.23.12.31.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stockton 3 NNE, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • sharp-lobed hepatica34 obs
  • leafcup30 obs
  • twoleaf miterwort26 obs
  • northern maidenhair fern25 obs
  • bulblet fern24 obs
  • bloodroot23 obs
  • Mistassini Primrose21 obs
  • Golden Oyster Mushroom21 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/35305855

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