Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area
Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 205 m. Nichols Mound stands 205 m to the northeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mackinaw River Picnic Area., a picnic site 0.4 miles away. Illinois River Road passes 14 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
- 17.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fondulac Drive Lookout 1 · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area Headquarters: 1.4 mi
- Veterans Park: 3.0 mi
- Brock Park: 4.1 mi
- Goodfield Park: 5.3 mi
- McClallen Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
- ParkLands Nature Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Hayes Woods Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Letcher Basin Land and Water Reserve: 9.7 mi
- Kenyon-Baller Woods Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Ridgetop Hill Prairie Nature Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Eureka Clay Time: 11.0 mi
- Return Visit: 11.3 mi
- Out of Court: 15.9 mi
- Books Flying Off the Shelf: 16.0 mi
- Uranus planet from Lakeview sun: 16.6 mi
- Washington F4 Tornado Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Fort Crevecoeur monument: 16.3 mi
- Fort Crevecoeur DAR memorial rock: 16.3 mi
- Fort Crevecoeur Park veterans memorial: 16.3 mi
- Tremont History Museum: 9.8 mi
- Ronald Reagan Museum: 10.5 mi
- Willis Snowmobile Museum: 11.3 mi
- Illinois Mennonite Heritage Center: 15.6 mi
- Metamora Court House State Historic Site: 15.9 mi
- ICC Horticulture Garden: 14.3 mi
- Illinois State University Horticulture Center: 16.4 mi
- Skip Snyder Garden: 16.8 mi
- Monarch Plot Bloomington: 17.1 mi
- Luthy Botanical Garden: 17.4 mi
- Sundance: 16.6 mi
- The Doug Oberhelman Caterpillar Visitors Center: 16.8 mi
- Luthy Botanical Gardens greenhouse: 17.3 mi
- Historic US Route 66 Sign: 17.6 mi
- J. H. Hawes Elevator: 21.4 mi
- Nichols Mound: 6.8 mi
- The Mound: 23.8 mi
- Little Mound: 23.9 mi
- Hickory Grove Hill: 24.7 mi
- Mackinaw River Picnic Area.: 0.4 mi
- Riverfront Square: 17.8 mi
- Walnut Grove: 23.6 mi
- Mackinaw Dells Rest Area Eastbound: 4.9 mi
- Mackinaw Dells Rest Area Westbound: 5.3 mi
- Funks Grove Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- F.R. Glasener Beach: 15.4 mi
- High Point: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nichols Mound | NE 41° | 205 m | 6.8 mi |
| The Mound | WSW 251° | 160 m | 23.8 mi |
| Hickory Grove Hill | WSW 248° | 152 m | 24.7 mi |
| Little Mound | WSW 249° | 148 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 25 | 29 | 41 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Congerville 2NW, 5 mi away.
- poison hemlock11 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty10 obs
- Virginia bluebells6 obs
- henbit deadnettle5 obs
- ground-ivy5 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee5 obs
- Gray Catbird4 obs
- Asian Clam4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/914797877
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