Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve
Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 163 m. Vinegar Hill stands 324 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. Great River Road - Missouri passes 7.0 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1970
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 0.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 29.5 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
Named places within 25 miles
- Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Cedar Bluff Park: 1.3 mi
- Fogelpole Cave Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Maeystown Park: 5.2 mi
- Fort De Chartres State Park: 5.2 mi
- 690 ft: 1.3 mi
- Jawbone: 5.9 mi
- Buck Knob: 10.1 mi
- Potato Hill: 10.3 mi
- Pikes Peak: 12.3 mi
- Red Bud Area Museum: 11.1 mi
- Crystal City Historical Society: 11.2 mi
- Monroe City School: 11.6 mi
- Bellefontaine House: 11.8 mi
- Historic Peterstown House: 12.8 mi
- Kennett Castle: 8.8 mi
- Pittsburg Plate Glass: 11.1 mi
- Gummershiemer Memorial: 20.1 mi
- Bob's Memorial: 20.2 mi
- Bonnie "Willow" Shiun: 20.3 mi
- Kidd Lake State Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Salt Lick Point Land and Water Reserve: 11.8 mi
- Teszars Woods Conservation Area: 19.5 mi
- Victoria Glades Conservation Area: 20.0 mi
- Stemler Cave Woods Nature Preserve: 21.0 mi
- World War One Doughboy: 11.2 mi
- Minnesota Monument: 24.0 mi
- Minuteman: 24.5 mi
- Shoemaker School: 19.1 mi
- Sandy Creek Covered Bridge: 20.7 mi
- Pink Elephant: 25.0 mi
- Skaggs Spring: 9.0 mi
- La Hae Spring: 22.2 mi
- Stone Arch: 8.5 mi
- Bloomsdale Rest Area (Northbound): 9.5 mi
- Sunrise Lake Beach: 20.5 mi
- Goldman: 20.6 mi
- Wild Hog Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Dupo Community Garden: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinegar Hill | WSW 243° | 324 m | 21.4 mi |
| Little Vine Hill | SSW 204° | 298 m | 20.2 mi |
| Madden Hill | S 176° | 294 m | 24.4 mi |
| Beehive Knob | S 188° | 290 m | 24.6 mi |
| Buck Knob | WNW 290° | 259 m | 10.1 mi |
| Chimney Rock | S 187° | 253 m | 24.8 mi |
| Frisco Hill | NW 317° | 247 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mertell Hill | S 171° | 233 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
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 | 32 | 36 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Festus, 13 mi away.
- rose vervain69 obs
- green comet milkweed44 obs
- hoary puccoon37 obs
- hairy ruellia35 obs
- diamond-flowers34 obs
- flowering spurge34 obs
- Slimflower Scurfpea34 obs
- Eastern False Aloe28 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element way/583742215
Day trips start here
- Belleville · 27 mi
- Cahokia · 29 mi
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