Rock Cut State Park
Rock Cut State Park is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 254 m. High Point stands 362 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Plum Grove Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 29 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1957
- Elevation
- 254 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Illinois Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 28.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Plum Grove Nature Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Willow Creek Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- South Hart Road Grassland Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- North Hart Road Grassland Natural Area: 1.5 mi
- Kieselburg Forest Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Swedish Heritage Park: 1.1 mi
- Price Park: 1.6 mi
- Rock Cut Crossing: 1.9 mi
- Russ Park: 2.0 mi
- Dennis Johnson Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Paulson's Agriculture Museum of Argyle: 2.0 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Laurent House: 4.2 mi
- Midway Village Museum: 4.9 mi
- Poplar Grove Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum: 7.4 mi
- Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum: 7.4 mi
- LZ Peace Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Rockford Women's Suffarage Plaza: 7.2 mi
- The Aviator: 7.4 mi
- Navy Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Labyrinth: 3.4 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Laurent House: 4.2 mi
- The Farmette Grangette: 5.6 mi
- Lenny the Cat: 8.2 mi
- Macktown County Forest Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Harmony Atlas: 2.5 mi
- Ingrid Dohm Studio: 5.6 mi
- Ancient Scholar Bunjinze: 5.8 mi
- Symbol: 6.2 mi
- Dancers: 6.7 mi
- Womanspace Gardens & Labyrinth: 3.4 mi
- La Paloma Gardens: 4.9 mi
- La Paloma Gardens: 4.9 mi
- Heritage Gardens: 5.0 mi
- Anderson Japanese Gardens: 5.9 mi
- Lookout Point: 6.3 mi
- Turtle Mound: 7.8 mi
- High Point: 23.1 mi
- Mount Zion: 24.9 mi
- Olson Beach: 1.0 mi
- Standfield Beach: 10.2 mi
- Lions Beach: 22.1 mi
- Turtle Creek Welcome Center (Southbound Only): 8.9 mi
- Beloit Rest Area 22: 10.7 mi
- Belvidere Oasis: 11.0 mi
- Jefferson Prairie Settlement: 11.5 mi
- Reeds Crossing: 13.9 mi
- Sandstone Wall: 12.2 mi
- White Rock: 23.0 mi
- East Waterfall - O Taki: 5.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rock Cut State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | ENE 69° | 362 m | 23.1 mi |
| Mount Zion | N 7° | 316 m | 24.9 mi |
| Turtle Mound | SW 227° | 218 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:54 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:41 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 22 | 33 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beloit, 11 mi away.
- Wild Turkey134 obs
- prairie trillium79 obs
- Great Blue Heron61 obs
- Mallard60 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage55 obs
- Golden Oyster Mushroom54 obs
- bloodroot53 obs
- Osprey49 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.
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