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Lincoln Trail State Park

Lincoln Trail State Park from directly overhead

Lincoln Trail State Park is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. Wolf Mound stands 207 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is American Beech Woods Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Historic National Road - Illinois passes 2.5 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Illinois Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates39.34595, -87.71857

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Harlow Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
  • Marshall Community Pool & Park: 3.3 mi
  • Marshall High School Class of 1958 Park: 3.6 mi
  • Marshall Soccer Park: 4.9 mi
  • Mill Creek County Park: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 41
Peaks: 11
Museums: 10
Attractions: 8
Gardens: 7
  • City of Hollies Tree Farm: 19.0 mi
  • ISU Community Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Herbs Garden: 21.2 mi
  • Bamboo Garden: 23.0 mi
  • Bamboo Garden: 23.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • DoD War Memorial: 14.8 mi
  • Trolly: 15.1 mi
  • Woodlawn Monument Sight: 18.7 mi
  • Freedom Shrine: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Clear Creek Welcome Center: 13.3 mi
  • Clear Creek Welcome Center: 13.4 mi
  • Twigg Rest Park: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Speed Beach: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lincoln Trail State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wolf MoundN 2°207 m23.7 mi
Yaw HillE 96°205 m20.6 mi
Sanford HillE 90°204 m19.0 mi
Ladd HillSE 143°190 m17.9 mi
Trimmer HillE 89°190 m22.3 mi
Buck KnollW 262°186 m24.9 mi
Graveyard HillW 261°180 m24.3 mi
Pottsville HillNE 50°179 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2819:03
June solstice05:2519:4120:22
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:0815:4916:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283243546573777568564433
Precip in3.32.63.35.14.55.24.63.03.13.84.03.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Casey, 14 mi away.

  • Monarch7 obs
  • Pearl Crescent7 obs
  • Christmas fern7 obs
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue7 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail7 obs
  • Widow Skimmer6 obs
  • sassafras6 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail6 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/556784017

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