Nipper Wildlife Sanctuary
Nipper Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Coops Mound stands 211 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Colburn Park, a park 2.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 48 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1995
What to expect
How to reach it
- 48.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 4.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Capitol View · 14 mi
- Jake's Point Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Colburn Park: 2.0 mi
- (Fall) Corn Maze: 5.4 mi
- Veterans Park: 5.8 mi
- Auburn City Square: 5.9 mi
- West Side Park: 6.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 6.6 mi
- Potawatomi Trail of Death - McCoys Mill Encampment: 9.4 mi
- Potawatomi Trail of Death - Island Grove Encampment: 10.4 mi
- Angel of Hope: 12.2 mi
- Lincoln Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Dodger: 12.3 mi
- Window's Edge: 12.3 mi
- The Colonnade: 12.3 mi
- Impermanent Column: 12.3 mi
- Route 66 Mural: 12.8 mi
- Honor Guard Formal Garden: 10.6 mi
- Children's Garden: 10.6 mi
- Fragrant Garden: 10.6 mi
- Tranquility Garden: 10.6 mi
- Sensory Garden: 10.7 mi
- Chatham Railroad Museum: 6.7 mi
- Trutter Museum: 12.3 mi
- Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center: 13.2 mi
- Illinois State Museum: 13.5 mi
- Vachel Lindsay Home: 13.7 mi
- Rotary Sundial: 10.6 mi
- Selvaggio Historic Arches: 10.6 mi
- Lauterbach Man Statue: 11.0 mi
- Lincoln's Home: 13.9 mi
- Milk a Cow: 16.0 mi
- Wanless Park: 15.1 mi
- Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary: 15.1 mi
- Gurgens Park: 17.8 mi
- Riverside Park: 18.1 mi
- Carpenter Park: 18.3 mi
- Rail Splitter Rest Area - Northbound: 19.2 mi
- Rail Splitter Rest Area - Southbound: 20.3 mi
- Coalfield Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Cotton Hill: 13.6 mi
- Coops Mound: 23.2 mi
- Iron Spring: 12.4 mi
- Cavanaugh Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Gurney: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nipper Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coops Mound | S 174° | 211 m | 23.2 mi |
| Cotton Hill | E 82° | 186 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:56 | 16:39 |
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 | 29 | 33 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Virden, 11 mi away.
- Red-winged Blackbird9 obs
- Boreal Chorus Frog9 obs
- rattlesnake master9 obs
- Ring-necked Pheasant8 obs
- Dickcissel7 obs
- American Bullfrog7 obs
- Song Sparrow6 obs
- White-tailed Deer6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1232758812
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- Petersburg · 25 mi
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