Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 99 m. Grassy Knob stands 242 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Horseshoe Lake Nature Preserve, a park 1.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.1 miles off. 129 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 8.0 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 12.6 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 258.7 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lowest Point in Illinois · 13 mi
129 named places within 25 miles
- Horseshoe Lake Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Horseshoe Lake State Conservation Area: 1.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 9.1 mi
- Saint Mary's Park: 10.3 mi
- Lansden Park: 10.5 mi
- Dogtooth Bend Mounds: 3.1 mi
- Gilson Hills: 5.7 mi
- Santa Fe Hills: 7.1 mi
- Jackson Hill: 8.7 mi
- Twin Mounds: 10.5 mi
- Shasta: 4.1 mi
- New York: 7.6 mi
- Redman: 10.0 mi
- Ancell: 11.4 mi
- Grays Point: 12.0 mi
- Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area: 12.7 mi
- General Watkins Conservation Area: 16.6 mi
- Tywappity Conservation Area: 18.0 mi
- Winford Wildlife Management Area: 19.4 mi
- Lower Cache River Access Area: 19.9 mi
- Historic Thebes Courthouse: 10.6 mi
- Cairo Custom House Museum: 11.2 mi
- Warren E. Hearns Museum: 12.9 mi
- Scott City Historical Museum: 13.3 mi
- The Glenn House: 16.9 mi
- Big Subway Gate: 9.8 mi
- Magnolia Manor: 10.5 mi
- Caboose: 11.6 mi
- Historic Cape Girardeau Bridge: 16.8 mi
- World’s Largest Fountain Drink Cup: 18.4 mi
- Welcome to Historical Cairo: 11.3 mi
- Cairo River Wall Murals: 11.3 mi
- The Story of Cairo: 11.3 mi
- Research Uncovered: 11.3 mi
- Lewis & Clark: 11.3 mi
- Desert Storm Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Proceeding On: 13.4 mi
- (Former site) Terrace Inn: 16.7 mi
- Fort D: 16.7 mi
- Round Bluff: 23.8 mi
- Turner Bluff: 24.2 mi
- George Bluff: 24.6 mi
- May Greene Garden: 17.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grassy Knob | NNW 329° | 242 m | 22.9 mi |
| Vick Hill | N 353° | 232 m | 14.4 mi |
| Coker Knob | NNW 332° | 228 m | 21.2 mi |
| Thompson Hill | NNW 333° | 221 m | 23.0 mi |
| Pine Knob | N 0° | 219 m | 17.1 mi |
| Italian Hill | N 3° | 196 m | 14.9 mi |
| Jackson Hill | WNW 291° | 181 m | 8.7 mi |
| Santa Fe Hills | NW 314° | 177 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:43 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cairo 3N, 9 mi away.
- Bluegill6 obs
- Bald Eagle5 obs
- baldcypress5 obs
- bigpod sesbania5 obs
- floating marsh pennywort4 obs
- Common Raccoon3 obs
- Butterweed3 obs
- Western Mosquitofish3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/6001729883
Day trips start here
- Cape Girardeau · 18 mi
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