Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area
Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 109 m. Williams Hill stands 325 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Cheif Tecumseh Statue, a artwork 1.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 199 miles off. 167 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 109 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Illinois Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 199.1 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 0.3 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
167 named places within 25 miles
- Cave Hill: 2.8 mi
- Maher Hill: 3.9 mi
- Colbert Hill: 4.2 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.4 mi
- Horton Hill: 6.5 mi
- Cardinal Park: 3.0 mi
- Gaskins City Baseball Complex: 8.6 mi
- Mahoney Park: 8.6 mi
- Ridgway Park: 9.3 mi
- Saline County Fair Grounds: 9.7 mi
- Stone Face: 4.6 mi
- Buzzard Point Arch: 7.1 mi
- Arch of the Gods: 7.2 mi
- Shelter Bluff: 8.2 mi
- Shelter Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Arch of the Gods Cascade: 7.3 mi
- Blue Blaze Cascade: 9.1 mi
- Ripple Canyon Falls: 10.2 mi
- Burden Falls: 17.6 mi
- Upper Burden Falls: 17.6 mi
- Herod Cave: 9.2 mi
- Harrisburg Daily Register: 9.3 mi
- Graf Ink Printing: 9.3 mi
- Harrisburg Remodeling: 9.5 mi
- David Nave Insurance: 9.8 mi
- Homestead of Judge Samuel Elder: 8.6 mi
- Lakeview Cemetery: 13.0 mi
- Lakeview School: 13.3 mi
- Dunbar School: 13.4 mi
- Finney Markey: 13.4 mi
- Pounds Hollow Recreation Area: 8.8 mi
- Martha's Woods: 15.2 mi
- Lusk Creek Canyon Nature Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Burden Falls Wilderness: 17.0 mi
- Bay Creek Wilderness: 17.4 mi
- Olde Towne Hall Village History: 2.6 mi
- Old Slave House - Closed to the Public: 4.8 mi
- Old Eldorado City Hall: 8.2 mi
- Saline County Area Museum: 9.7 mi
- John Marshall House Museum: 13.1 mi
- Alien Arch: 6.7 mi
- Purse Strap Arch: 6.8 mi
- Elephant Arch: 6.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 15.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 20.0 mi
- Negro Spring: 4.4 mi
- Decker Spring: 14.2 mi
- Bell Smith Springs: 20.2 mi
- Cheif Tecumseh Statue: 1.4 mi
- Big John: 7.9 mi
- High Knob: 7.7 mi
- Lakeview: 8.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Hill | SSW 213° | 325 m | 10.1 mi |
| Horton Hill | SSW 211° | 297 m | 6.5 mi |
| Wamble Mountain | SSW 214° | 287 m | 7.8 mi |
| Cave Hill | SW 236° | 284 m | 2.8 mi |
| High Knob | SSE 160° | 279 m | 7.7 mi |
| Potato Hill | SSW 211° | 270 m | 11.6 mi |
| Garden Of the Gods | S 184° | 262 m | 7.0 mi |
| Benham Hill | SSW 202° | 252 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:58 | 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 | 33 | 38 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg, 9 mi away.
- redring milkweed5 obs
- White-tailed Deer4 obs
- Fowler's Toad3 obs
- low St. John's wort3 obs
- Canada Goose2 obs
- White-breasted Nuthatch2 obs
- Common Box Turtle2 obs
- eastern redbud2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/874059398
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