Bay Creek Wilderness
Bay Creek Wilderness is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Williams Hill stands 325 m to the east-northeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Burden Falls, a waterfall 1.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 214 miles off. 206 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Forest Service
How to reach it
- 214.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 11.3 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
206 named places within 25 miles
- Pirate Park: 4.1 mi
- Millstone Bluff National Register Site: 6.7 mi
- Washington Street Park: 9.4 mi
- Lakeview-East End Veterans Park: 9.4 mi
- Gary Jones Memorial Park: 9.4 mi
- Millstone Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Potato Hill: 7.7 mi
- Williams Hill: 8.5 mi
- Benham Hill: 8.6 mi
- Wamble Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Sentry Bluff: 2.1 mi
- Stonefort Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Murray Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Spleef Peak: 4.4 mi
- Lovely Tower: 4.4 mi
- Burden Falls Wilderness: 2.4 mi
- Bell Smith Springs Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Jackson Hole Natural Area: 3.1 mi
- Double Branch Hole: 3.2 mi
- Jackson Falls: 4.2 mi
- Boating: 7.4 mi
- Woodmanship: 7.5 mi
- Carrier millswater department: 9.1 mi
- Absher Nicholson Funeral Home: 9.2 mi
- Winters Auto Repair: 9.2 mi
- Upper Burden Falls: 1.3 mi
- Burden Falls: 1.3 mi
- Boulder Falls: 2.3 mi
- Jackson Falls: 4.3 mi
- Jackson Falls: 4.3 mi
- Old Wall: 5.2 mi
- Legend of Ondessonk: 7.4 mi
- 50 Years: 7.4 mi
- Lakeview School: 8.0 mi
- Lakeview Cemetery: 8.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 2.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 4.4 mi
- Cedar Wonders Arch: 9.1 mi
- Pot Hole Arch: 11.2 mi
- Elephant Arch: 13.3 mi
- Stonefort Depot Museums: 6.4 mi
- Saline County Area Museum: 12.3 mi
- Forman Depot Museum: 17.1 mi
- Fluorspar Museum: 17.5 mi
- Olde Towne Hall Village History: 19.9 mi
- Pine Point: 9.6 mi
- Goose Bay: 9.9 mi
- High Knob: 16.6 mi
- Lookout Point Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Bluff View Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Bell Smith Springs: 2.8 mi
- Dixon Springs: 11.5 mi
- Decker Spring: 18.9 mi
- Negro Spring: 21.0 mi
- Cheif Tecumseh Statue: 16.0 mi
- Big John: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bay Creek Wilderness. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Hill | ENE 75° | 325 m | 8.5 mi |
| Horton Hill | ENE 63° | 297 m | 11.5 mi |
| Wamble Mountain | ENE 66° | 287 m | 10.3 mi |
| Cave Hill | NE 51° | 284 m | 14.6 mi |
| High Knob | ENE 78° | 279 m | 16.6 mi |
| Potato Hill | E 84° | 270 m | 7.7 mi |
| Garden Of the Gods | ENE 74° | 262 m | 13.7 mi |
| Benham Hill | ESE 110° | 252 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:41 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:59 | 16:40 |
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 | 34 | 39 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dixon Springs Agric CTR, 8 mi away.
- Juvenal's Duskywing17 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail9 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail9 obs
- Widow's-cross9 obs
- Red Admiral8 obs
- Eastern Comma8 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain8 obs
- crane-fly orchid8 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.
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