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Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve

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Elevation, modelled
163 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Vinegar Hill324 m · 21.4 mi
Nearest byway
Great River Road - Missouri7.0 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:28local time
Coordinates
38.1584, -90.1863
Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled 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.

Built
1970

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vinegar HillWSW 243°324 m21.4 mi
Little Vine HillSSW 204°298 m20.2 mi
Madden HillS 176°294 m24.4 mi
Beehive KnobS 188°290 m24.6 mi
Buck KnobWNW 290°259 m10.1 mi
Chimney RockS 187°253 m24.8 mi
Frisco HillNW 317°247 m21.4 mi
Mertell HillS 171°233 m20.6 mi

Named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3919:4820:28
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:1416:0316:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323645566574787669584636
Precip in2.72.54.04.94.84.73.83.63.42.83.52.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Festus, 13 mi away.

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