Fort Daniel Conservation Area
Fort Daniel Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 204 m. Long Mound stands 206 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Spitler Woods State Natural Area, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Goodwin Park: 2.5 mi
- Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
- Fletcher Park: 2.7 mi
- Central Park: 3.0 mi
- Big Creek Park: 3.5 mi
- Tetrahedron: 4.7 mi
- The Sunsinger: 17.1 mi
- Death of the Last Centaur: 17.6 mi
- Death of the Last Centaur: 17.6 mi
- pillars and fish: 18.1 mi
- Scovill Oriental Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Fisher Rock Garden: 6.2 mi
- healing garden: 6.5 mi
- Sunken Garden: 18.1 mi
- Musicians: 18.1 mi
- Macon County History Museum: 5.2 mi
- Children's Museum of Illinois: 5.7 mi
- African American Cultural Inc: 8.4 mi
- Oglesby Mansion: 8.4 mi
- Staley Museum: 8.5 mi
- Spitler Woods State Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- Sand Creek Conservation Area: 6.1 mi
- Bois du Sangamon Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park: 14.8 mi
- Margaret Guzy Pothole Wetlands State Natural Area: 15.8 mi
- Decatur 9/11 Memorial: 6.3 mi
- G.A.R. Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Unknown Soldier Monument: 8.0 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Monument: 9.0 mi
- Mueller Monument: 9.0 mi
- Wabash Station: 8.0 mi
- Illinois Central Depot: 10.2 mi
- Harristown Depot: 14.6 mi
- Demonstration Prairie: 18.0 mi
- Music Barn: 18.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 11.1 mi
- Old Faithful: 24.5 mi
- Sergeant Myron G Deckard Memorial Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Sergeant Myron G Deckard Memorial Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Blue Mound: 17.2 mi
- Long Mound: 17.8 mi
- Coon Creek Beach: 23.2 mi
- Lithia Springs Beach: 24.0 mi
- Fillmore: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Daniel Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Mound | WSW 251° | 206 m | 17.8 mi |
| Blue Mound | WSW 253° | 205 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:47 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:52 | 16:35 |
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 | 27 | 32 | 42 | 53 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Decatur AP, 4 mi away.
- prairie trillium8 obs
- wild geranium7 obs
- white baneberry6 obs
- Atlantic camas6 obs
- blue phlox6 obs
- mayapple5 obs
- Solomon's plume5 obs
- woodland stonecrop5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/485246614
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