Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area
Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 211 m. Gravel Hill stands 253 m to the southeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheffield Historical Society, a museum 1.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 64 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Illinois Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 64.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 13.7 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
- 35.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
92 named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Park: 1.5 mi
- Scott Park: 4.0 mi
- Francis Park: 7.6 mi
- Menno Haven Camp & Retreat Center: 9.7 mi
- Mineral Marsh Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Johnson Sauk Trail State Park: 8.2 mi
- McCune Sand Prairie: 9.7 mi
- Harper's Woods Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Blue Raider Park: 16.9 mi
- Ross Wildlife Area: 17.1 mi
- Sheffield Historical Society: 1.5 mi
- Tiskilwa History Museum: 12.2 mi
- Bureau County Historical Museum: 14.1 mi
- Rock Island Railroad Museum: 19.0 mi
- Tampico Area Historical Society and Museum: 20.6 mi
- Gravel Hill: 4.2 mi
- Indian Hill: 4.3 mi
- Owls Head: 13.6 mi
- Hickory Point: 13.7 mi
- Indian Hill: 19.7 mi
- The Great Sauk Trail: 9.0 mi
- Ronald Reagan birthplace historical marker: 20.6 mi
- Canon: 20.6 mi
- Civil War monument: 20.6 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 23.3 mi
- State Historic Site Museum: 22.2 mi
- Geneseo Water Tower Fish: 22.9 mi
- Bourbonais: 5.2 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 11.2 mi
- President Ronald Reagan as a boy: 20.6 mi
- Florence Love Wildflower Garden: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Hill | SE 141° | 253 m | 4.2 mi |
| Indian Hill | WNW 283° | 246 m | 4.3 mi |
| Hickory Point | WNW 281° | 214 m | 13.7 mi |
| Indian Hill | WNW 298° | 197 m | 19.7 mi |
| Owls Head | ESE 101° | 181 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 26 | 38 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 74 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kewanee 1 E, 11 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron3 obs
- Common Grackle3 obs
- Dickcissel3 obs
- grey-headed coneflower3 obs
- Mourning Dove2 obs
- Canada Goose2 obs
- Cedar Waxwing2 obs
- Northern Cardinal2 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 way/658003435
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