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Burden Falls Wilderness

Burden Falls Wilderness from directly overhead

Burden Falls Wilderness is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 150 m. Williams Hill stands 325 m to the east, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Burden Falls, a waterfall 1.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 213 miles off. 204 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built
1990
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
United States Forest Service
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.58151, -88.64309
Around it

204 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 42
  • Pirate Park: 6.5 mi
  • Washington Street Park: 7.2 mi
  • Lakeview-East End Veterans Park: 7.3 mi
  • Gary Jones Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
  • Millstone Bluff National Register Site: 8.2 mi
Peaks: 33
  • Millstone Bluff: 8.2 mi
  • Potato Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Williams Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Benham Hill: 10.4 mi
  • Wamble Mountain: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 30
Attractions: 20
  • Carrier millswater department: 6.9 mi
  • Carrier Mills Municpal Building: 7.1 mi
  • Absher Nicholson Funeral Home: 7.1 mi
  • Winters Auto Repair: 7.2 mi
  • Boating: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Historic sites: 16
  • Lakeview School: 6.0 mi
  • Lakeview Cemetery: 6.1 mi
  • Finney Markey: 6.5 mi
  • Allen Family Farmhouse: 6.6 mi
  • Old Wall: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Burden Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 5.5 mi
Museums: 8
Natural arches: 8
  • Natural Bridge: 4.5 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 6.2 mi
  • Cedar Wonders Arch: 9.2 mi
  • Pot Hole Arch: 13.3 mi
  • Elephant Arch: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pine Point: 11.6 mi
  • Goose Bay: 11.8 mi
  • High Knob: 17.3 mi
  • Lookout Point Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
  • Bluff View Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Bell Smith Springs: 4.4 mi
  • Dixon Springs: 13.5 mi
  • Decker Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Negro Spring: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Cheif Tecumseh Statue: 15.6 mi
  • Big John: 19.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Williams HillE 90°325 m9.2 mi
Horton HillENE 75°297 m11.7 mi
Wamble MountainENE 79°287 m10.5 mi
Cave HillENE 60°284 m14.2 mi
High KnobE 86°279 m17.3 mi
Potato HillE 99°270 m8.7 mi
Garden Of the GodsE 84°262 m14.2 mi
Benham HillESE 120°252 m10.4 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 solstice07:0715:5916:40

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, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Juvenal's Duskywing22 obs
  • Pipevine Swallowtail9 obs
  • Widow's-cross9 obs
  • Dutchman's breeches8 obs
  • Eastern Comma8 obs
  • marginal wood fern8 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort8 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/671022382

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