Friends Creek Conservation Area
Friends Creek Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 205 m. Blue Mound stands 228 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sergeant Myron G Deckard Memorial Rest Area, a rest area 2.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 28 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 205 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Macon County Conservation District
How to reach it
- 28.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Breezy Overlook: 7.8 mi
- Spencer Park: 8.4 mi
- Clinton Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
- KC Park: 9.0 mi
- Clinton Lake State Recreation Area: 9.1 mi
- The Sunsinger: 6.9 mi
- Death of the Last Centaur: 7.3 mi
- Death of the Last Centaur: 7.3 mi
- pillars and fish: 7.6 mi
- chinese musicians: 7.6 mi
- Sunken Garden: 7.6 mi
- Musicians: 7.6 mi
- Shade Garden: 7.6 mi
- Maze Garden: 7.6 mi
- Peony Garden: 7.7 mi
- Robert Allerton Estate: 7.9 mi
- Town Hall: 9.5 mi
- Union School: 9.5 mi
- Piatt County Museum: 12.5 mi
- Monticello Railway Museum: 12.5 mi
- Robert Allerton Park: 7.7 mi
- Weldon Springs State Park: 9.6 mi
- Bois du Sangamon Nature Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Lodge County Park: 12.4 mi
- Fort Daniel Conservation Area: 17.2 mi
- Forsyth Veterans Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 13.0 mi
- Decatur 9/11 Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Mueller Monument: 15.9 mi
- Old Mueller Hall Monument: 15.9 mi
- Sergeant Myron G Deckard Memorial Rest Area: 2.3 mi
- Sergeant Myron G Deckard Memorial Rest Area: 2.5 mi
- Farmland Rest Area - Westbound: 18.2 mi
- Farmland Rest Area - Eastbound: 18.2 mi
- Demonstration Prairie: 8.4 mi
- Music Barn: 8.6 mi
- Wabash Station: 14.8 mi
- Harristown Depot: 19.5 mi
- Old Faithful: 9.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 18.7 mi
- Blue Mound: 17.6 mi
- Kumler: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Friends Creek Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | E 88° | 228 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:47 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:51 | 16:34 |
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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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