Revis Hill Prairie Nature Preserve
Revis Hill Prairie Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Samuell Park, a park 5.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 71 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1973
- Elevation
- 184 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 71.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 13.8 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
- 20.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jake's Point Overlook · 17 mi
- Capitol View · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Samuell Park: 5.6 mi
- Tourist Park: 8.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
- Rotary Park: 9.3 mi
- Skaggs Ball Park: 9.3 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 14.2 mi
- Dr. Charles Chandler Memorial: 17.8 mi
- First Comprehensive Highway Tree Planting: 20.2 mi
- Roll of Honor Archway: 20.7 mi
- Fighter Jets: 23.1 mi
- Menard County Historical Museum: 9.7 mi
- Long Nine Museum: 14.6 mi
- Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery: 19.5 mi
- Dickson Mounds Museum: 19.9 mi
- Route 66 Dream Car Museum: 20.4 mi
- Kingfisher Hill: 9.2 mi
- Shick Shack Hill: 11.6 mi
- Buxtom Hill: 15.0 mi
- Cox Creek Hill: 16.0 mi
- Polecat Hill: 16.2 mi
- Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak: 12.3 mi
- Sangamon River State Natural Area: 17.5 mi
- Emiquon Preserve: 18.2 mi
- Walden West Land and Water Reserve: 18.4 mi
- Jack Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery: 19.3 mi
- Shell Gas Station: 20.5 mi
- Pig-Hip Restaurant Memorial: 21.8 mi
- World's largest covered wagon: 24.1 mi
- The Tropics Restaurant Neon Sign: 24.1 mi
- Milk a Cow: 24.2 mi
- Ronald McDonald Statue: 14.7 mi
- Cow: 24.4 mi
- Corn: 24.4 mi
- Lincoln Statue: 24.5 mi
- Bust of Abraham Lincoln: 24.7 mi
- Rail Splitter Rest Area - Southbound: 22.4 mi
- Rail Splitter Rest Area - Northbound: 23.7 mi
- Lorraine DeSouza Perennial Garden: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Revis Hill Prairie Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart Hill | ESE 114° | 221 m | 21.6 mi |
| Buxtom Hill | NE 50° | 207 m | 15.0 mi |
| Walnut Hill | SE 127° | 197 m | 19.7 mi |
| Polecat Hill | E 101° | 187 m | 16.2 mi |
| Kingfisher Hill | SW 234° | 183 m | 9.2 mi |
| Pool Hill | E 85° | 176 m | 16.9 mi |
| Tampico Mounds | NNW 333° | 175 m | 20.6 mi |
| Shick Shack Hill | WSW 237° | 162 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:54 | 16:38 |
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 | 26 | 30 | 41 | 53 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg 1E, 9 mi away.
- prairie false dandelion24 obs
- narrowleaf puccoon22 obs
- violet woodsorrel22 obs
- Zebra Swallowtail22 obs
- Canadian lousewort21 obs
- lemonyellow false goldenaster21 obs
- leadplant19 obs
- Slimflower Scurfpea19 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/634553824
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- Petersburg · 10 mi
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