- Elevation, modelled
- 202 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Gravel Hill253 m · 19.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Illinois River Road13.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 41.5626, -89.6051
Ross Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled 202 m. Gravel Hill stands 253 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Raider Park, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Illinois River Road passes 14 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ross Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Hill | SSW 192° | 253 m | 19.5 mi |
| Indian Hill | SW 216° | 246 m | 18.3 mi |
| Hickory Point | WSW 237° | 214 m | 24.0 mi |
| Indian Hill | WSW 255° | 197 m | 24.9 mi |
| Thunderbolt Hill | WNW 290° | 194 m | 21.0 mi |
| Owls Head | SSE 160° | 181 m | 19.6 mi |
- 13.5 mi off the Illinois River RoadNational
- 16.2 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
- 67.7 mi off the Historic Route 66National
- 33.7 mi off the Great River RoadNational
Named places within 25 miles
- Centennial Park: 1.0 mi
- Depot Street Park: 1.1 mi
- Foley Sand Prairie Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Roadside Park: 10.3 mi
- Ronald Reagan Park: 10.5 mi
- Blue Raider Park: 0.6 mi
- Green River State Wildlife Area: 7.3 mi
- Dickenson Site: 9.6 mi
- McCune Sand Prairie: 13.5 mi
- Spring Slough: 14.6 mi
- Ronald Reagan birthplace historical marker: 10.4 mi
- Canon: 10.4 mi
- Civil War monument: 10.5 mi
- Liberty Bell Monument: 15.5 mi
- Sauk Rock: 17.6 mi
- Tampico Area Historical Society and Museum: 10.5 mi
- Bureau County Historical Museum: 15.2 mi
- Sheffield Historical Society: 15.8 mi
- Engine Number 73: 16.2 mi
- Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society Museum: 16.3 mi
- Indian Hill: 18.3 mi
- Gravel Hill: 19.5 mi
- Owls Head: 19.6 mi
- Thunderbolt Hill: 21.0 mi
- Cherry Slag Pile: 22.1 mi
- President Ronald Reagan as a boy: 10.5 mi
- Eagle: 20.8 mi
- Lincoln Highway Interpretive Mural: 24.9 mi
- Commissioners Garden: 14.8 mi
- Bourbonais: 15.2 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 17.9 mi
- F-105D Thunderchief: 20.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:34 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:55 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:47 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 25 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walnut, under a mile away.
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