Tapley Woods Conservation Area
Tapley Woods Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 306 m. White Hill stands 381 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Hollow Tower Scenic Overlook, a park 2.0 miles away. Grant Wood Scenic Byway passes 9.2 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 306 m
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- On the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bellevue Overlook · 10 mi
- Inspiration Point · 10 mi
- High Point · 15 mi
- Ozzie's Point · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Hollow Tower Scenic Overlook: 2.0 mi
- Elizabeth Park: 4.4 mi
- Apple River Fort Park and picnic area: 5.0 mi
- Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge: 6.0 mi
- Gateway Park: 6.6 mi
- Jackson County Freedom Rock: 9.1 mi
- Young Corn: 9.2 mi
- Bellevue Lions: 9.2 mi
- Bellevue Lions: 9.2 mi
- Bellevue War Mural: 9.2 mi
- Winston Tunnel State Natural Area: 4.1 mi
- Rice Algific Slope: 4.6 mi
- Princess Mine Algific Slope: 6.0 mi
- Horseshoe Mound Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Casper Bluff Land and Water Reserve: 6.6 mi
- Apple River Road Bridge: 7.2 mi
- General Store: 7.4 mi
- Galena Trolley Tours: 7.8 mi
- Linmar Gardens: 7.9 mi
- Culvert Road Tunnel: 9.4 mi
- Julia Dent Grant: 7.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Revolutionary War Patriots: 9.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Bellevue War Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Chicago Great Western Railway Depot Museum: 4.7 mi
- Apple River Fort - Interpretive Center: 4.8 mi
- Apple River Fort State Historic Site: 5.0 mi
- Presidential Pets and China: 7.5 mi
- General Grants Home: 7.5 mi
- Horseshoe Mound: 6.0 mi
- Dygerts Mound: 6.1 mi
- Pilot Knob: 6.3 mi
- Wenzel Mound: 7.4 mi
- Scales Mound: 7.9 mi
- Hosta Garden: 7.4 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 9.3 mi
- Bellevue State Park Butterfly Garden: 10.0 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 21.0 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 24.6 mi
- Cedar Spring: 6.8 mi
- Marsden Well: 7.1 mi
- Plum Creek Spring: 11.7 mi
- Cleary Spring: 13.9 mi
- South Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 18.8 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Wantea Point: 23.6 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 6.5 mi
- Santa Fe Beach: 16.8 mi
- South Beach: 21.4 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 4.2 mi
- Apple Canyon Waterfall: 8.0 mi
- Pavilion: 17.2 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tapley Woods Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Hill | NNE 16° | 381 m | 13.4 mi |
| Charles Mound | NNE 16° | 374 m | 10.7 mi |
| Benton Mound | ENE 77° | 367 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Sumner | NE 46° | 357 m | 11.2 mi |
| Scales Mound | N 10° | 356 m | 7.9 mi |
| Squirrel Grove Mound | NE 38° | 355 m | 12.4 mi |
| Hudson Mound | NE 36° | 354 m | 10.5 mi |
| Sinsinawa Mound | NW 314° | 353 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:36 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:00 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:47 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 24 | 36 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabeth, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/278389966
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- Dubuque · 21 mi
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