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Mermet Swamp Nature Preserve

Mermet Swamp Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Mermet Swamp Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 104 m. Millstone Bluff stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Robinett Park, a park 3.0 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 238 miles off. 166 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
104 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.24811, -88.82784

Overlooks nearby

Around it

166 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 43
  • Robinett Park: 3.0 mi
  • Metropolis Soccer Fields: 8.1 mi
  • Metropolis Sportspark: 8.2 mi
  • Franklin Park: 8.3 mi
  • Washington Park: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 24
Peaks: 22
  • Round Knob: 5.8 mi
  • Blue Knob: 9.3 mi
  • Stafford Bluff: 9.7 mi
  • Hairy Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Island Hill: 11.6 mi
Nature reserves: 20
Waterfalls: 12
  • Ghost Dance Canyon Boulder Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Dixon Springs Waterfall: 12.9 mi
  • Avery Hollow South Falls: 16.6 mi
  • N37 24.465 W88 35.372: 17.1 mi
  • Spillway Falls: 18.7 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Lois Lane Statue: 8.4 mi
  • Fort Massac: 9.7 mi
  • RB's Train: 14.0 mi
  • ATOMIC CITY Family Fun Center: 14.4 mi
  • Bulge Hole Ecological Area: 17.5 mi
Historic sites: 10
Museums: 7
Natural arches: 4
  • Slough Arch: 11.7 mi
  • Pot Hole Arch: 13.5 mi
  • Cedar Wonders Arch: 17.9 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Artworks: 3
Springs: 3
  • Dixon Springs: 13.0 mi
  • Clay Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Bell Smith Springs: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mermet Swamp Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Millstone BluffNNE 26°221 m17.1 mi
Buck KnobNW 323°217 m23.9 mi
Jims HillNNW 328°198 m22.7 mi
Jameison HillE 94°184 m23.6 mi
Dyer HillE 94°183 m24.8 mi
Randle HillE 94°180 m22.3 mi
Lewis HillE 97°176 m23.1 mi
Rauchfuss HillENE 65°171 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3319:07
June solstice05:3619:4120:20
September equinox06:4418:2018:54
December solstice07:0616:0116:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343847586775787770594738
Precip in3.73.84.65.14.84.73.92.93.54.14.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brookport DAM 52, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/354225892

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