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Double Branch Hole

Double Branch Hole from directly overhead

Double Branch Hole is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. Williams Hill stands 325 m to the northeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Pirate Park, a park 0.9 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 216 miles off. 221 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.50950, -88.59627
Around it

221 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 46
  • Pirate Park: 0.9 mi
  • Millstone Bluff National Register Site: 5.8 mi
  • Golconda Historic District National Register Site: 12.1 mi
  • Lakeview-East End Veterans Park: 12.2 mi
  • Gary Jones Memorial Park: 12.3 mi
Peaks: 40
  • Millstone Bluff: 5.8 mi
  • Benham Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Potato Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Williams Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Vinegar Jack Hill: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 34
  • Sentry Bluff: 2.6 mi
  • Harts Bluff: 4.3 mi
  • Lovely Tower: 4.8 mi
  • Spleef Peak: 4.8 mi
  • Battle Axe Tower: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves: 20
Attractions: 20
  • Boating: 8.6 mi
  • Woodmanship: 8.7 mi
  • Herod Cave: 9.9 mi
  • Carrier millswater department: 12.1 mi
  • Winters Auto Repair: 12.2 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Boulder Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Burden Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 4.8 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Old Wall: 3.1 mi
  • CCC Tree Planting: 7.7 mi
  • Legend of Ondessonk: 8.7 mi
  • 50 Years: 8.7 mi
  • Lakeview School: 10.8 mi
Natural arches: 8
  • Natural Bridge: 3.2 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 3.3 mi
  • Pot Hole Arch: 9.0 mi
  • Cedar Wonders Arch: 10.1 mi
  • Elephant Arch: 13.0 mi
Museums: 8
  • Stonefort Depot Museums: 9.5 mi
  • Saline County Area Museum: 14.7 mi
  • Fluorspar Museum: 14.8 mi
  • Forman Depot Museum: 17.3 mi
  • Olde Towne Hall Village History: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pine Point: 7.4 mi
  • Goose Bay: 7.8 mi
  • High Knob: 16.0 mi
  • Lakeview: 19.4 mi
  • Lookout Point Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Bell Smith Springs: 3.5 mi
  • Dixon Springs: 9.4 mi
  • Decker Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Negro Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Clay Spring: 24.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Cheif Tecumseh Statue: 16.8 mi
  • Big John: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Williams HillNE 53°325 m8.3 mi
Horton HillNE 48°297 m11.8 mi
Wamble MountainNE 48°287 m10.5 mi
Cave HillNE 39°284 m15.4 mi
High KnobENE 67°279 m16.0 mi
Potato HillENE 59°270 m7.0 mi
Garden Of the GodsENE 60°262 m13.3 mi
Benham HillE 92°252 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:06
June solstice05:3419:4120:20
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0615:5916:40

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1388661211

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