Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak
Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 155 m. Kingfisher Hill stands 183 m to the southeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Matanzas Prairie Nature Preserve, a park 3.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 63 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1970
- Elevation
- 155 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Illinois Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 63.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 8.4 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jake's Point Overlook · 11 mi
74 named places within 25 miles
- Matanzas Prairie Nature Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Bath Village Park: 3.8 mi
- Long Branch Sand Prairie Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Anderson Lake State Conservation Area: 6.5 mi
- Carlson Lake Waterfowl Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Shick Shack Hill: 8.3 mi
- Kingfisher Hill: 8.3 mi
- Cox Creek Hill: 10.5 mi
- Tampico Mounds: 17.0 mi
- Hickory Grove Hill: 24.7 mi
- Revis Hill Prairie Nature Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Emiquon Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Jack Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery: 19.8 mi
- Walden West Land and Water Reserve: 20.2 mi
- Spring Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area: 24.1 mi
- Dickson Mounds Museum: 12.5 mi
- Menard County Historical Museum: 16.3 mi
- Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery: 20.2 mi
- Beardstown River Museum: 21.8 mi
- Long Nine Museum: 23.6 mi
- Sylvan: 12.9 mi
- Gurney: 18.9 mi
- Tuscumbia: 20.6 mi
- Totten Prairie: 22.6 mi
- Civer: 24.4 mi
- Dr. Charles Chandler Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Vermont Veterans Memorial: 20.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 23.3 mi
- Beardstown Postage Stamp Welcome Mural: 21.8 mi
- Ronald McDonald Statue: 23.9 mi
- Cavanaugh Bluff: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingfisher Hill | SE 145° | 183 m | 8.3 mi |
| Tampico Mounds | N 9° | 175 m | 17.0 mi |
| Shick Shack Hill | SSE 162° | 162 m | 8.3 mi |
| Hickory Grove Hill | NE 44° | 152 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:55 | 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 | 25 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Havana, 9 mi away.
- Edwards' Hairstreak22 obs
- Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp20 obs
- Eastern Pricklypear19 obs
- clasping milkweed18 obs
- goat's rue17 obs
- hairy puccoon16 obs
- Sand Chafer16 obs
- Northern Fungus-farming Ant15 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 node/354184036
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- Petersburg · 16 mi
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