Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area
Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Bald Knob stands 314 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Grays Point, a ghost town 1.5 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 5.6 miles off. 149 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Illinois Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 0.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 19.1 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lowest Point in Illinois · 26 mi
149 named places within 25 miles
- East Cape Park: 3.1 mi
- Scott City Park and Public Pool: 4.2 mi
- Fort D: 4.3 mi
- Murtaugh Park: 4.4 mi
- Ranney Park: 4.5 mi
- Cape Rock: 5.2 mi
- Santa Fe Hills: 5.9 mi
- Vick Hill: 6.6 mi
- Jackson Hill: 7.4 mi
- Mount Tabor: 7.4 mi
- Cape Woods Conservation Area: 7.6 mi
- Tywappity Conservation Area: 11.0 mi
- Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area: 11.4 mi
- Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area: 12.7 mi
- Vancill Hollow Natural Area: 13.8 mi
- Historic Thebes Courthouse: 2.8 mi
- The Glenn House: 4.4 mi
- Red House Interpretive Center: 4.4 mi
- Cape River Heritage Museum: 4.8 mi
- Scott City Historical Museum: 4.9 mi
- Fort D: 4.3 mi
- (Former site) Terrace Inn: 5.7 mi
- World’s Largest Fountain Drink Cup: 6.6 mi
- Shawnee Veterans Memorial Wall: 15.9 mi
- Wolf Lake Memorial Garden: 16.8 mi
- Grays Point: 1.5 mi
- New York: 6.5 mi
- Ancell: 7.3 mi
- Shasta: 9.5 mi
- Redman: 11.1 mi
- Historic Cape Girardeau Bridge: 4.3 mi
- World’s Largest Fountain Drink Cup: 6.6 mi
- Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center: 9.3 mi
- Big Subway Gate: 22.3 mi
- Alto Clay Works: 23.0 mi
- Missouri Wall of Fame: 4.4 mi
- Mississippi River Tales: 4.5 mi
- Welcome to Historical Cairo: 23.8 mi
- Cairo River Wall Murals: 23.8 mi
- The Story of Cairo: 23.8 mi
- Truck Parking: 19.9 mi
- Fruitland Rest Area (Southbound): 19.9 mi
- Trail of Tears Rest Area - Northbound: 22.8 mi
- Trail of Tears Rest Area - Southbound: 22.9 mi
- Preachers Eye: 20.4 mi
- Round Bluff: 24.6 mi
- May Greene Garden: 4.7 mi
- Cave Spring: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NNE 17° | 314 m | 21.0 mi |
| Tiptop Knob | NNE 32° | 269 m | 22.7 mi |
| Government Rock | N 3° | 250 m | 21.8 mi |
| Grassy Knob | NNW 332° | 242 m | 10.2 mi |
| Grassy Knob | N 4° | 241 m | 24.5 mi |
| McGee Hill | N 4° | 240 m | 19.8 mi |
| Vick Hill | NE 55° | 232 m | 6.6 mi |
| Coker Knob | NNW 341° | 228 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cape Girardeau Muni AP, 7 mi away.
- Red Swamp Crayfish5 obs
- Three-toed Box Turtle4 obs
- Eastern Wood-Pewee3 obs
- bigpod sesbania3 obs
- Belted Kingfisher2 obs
- Bald Eagle2 obs
- Rough Greensnake2 obs
- Diamondback Watersnake2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1421071908
Day trips start here
- Cape Girardeau · 6 mi
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