White Pines Forest State Park
White Pines Forest State Park is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 220 m. Bunker Hill stands 294 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is White Pines Forest Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 10 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 220 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Dillehay Park: 3.9 mi
- Zickur Park: 4.1 mi
- Hal Palmer Park: 4.3 mi
- Polo Community Park: 5.4 mi
- Westside Park: 5.9 mi
- White Pines Forest Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Castle Rock State Park: 5.1 mi
- L & M Prairie Nature Heritage Landmark: 7.1 mi
- Lowell Park: 7.2 mi
- Hazelwood Forest Nature Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Replica Statue of Liberty: 5.9 mi
- Schmig mem.: 6.0 mi
- Buffalo Grove Ambush: 6.7 mi
- President Abraham Lincoln: 10.3 mi
- Ronald Reagan Equestrian Statue: 10.5 mi
- John Deere Historic Site: 7.5 mi
- Northwest Territory Historic Center: 10.8 mi
- Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home Visitor Center: 11.0 mi
- Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home: 11.0 mi
- Franklin Creek Grist Mill: 11.3 mi
- Paths of Conviction, Footsteps of Faith: 7.2 mi
- Soypod: 7.2 mi
- Dolphin Boys: 7.2 mi
- Ogle County Veterans Memorial: 7.3 mi
- American Legion Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Deck: 0.6 mi
- F-105D Thunderchief: 10.3 mi
- Byron Drag Strip: 13.1 mi
- Youth Center: 14.0 mi
- The Dells: 20.3 mi
- Castle Rock: 5.2 mi
- Devils Backbone: 6.2 mi
- Bald Hill: 8.4 mi
- Pine Rock: 11.0 mi
- Coffman Bluff: 12.5 mi
- White Rock: 16.1 mi
- Sandstone Wall: 24.8 mi
- Valley View Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Ganymede Spring: 7.6 mi
- Commissioners Garden: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of White Pines Forest State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | N 356° | 294 m | 17.1 mi |
| Coffman Bluff | NNW 349° | 289 m | 12.5 mi |
| Bald Hill | NE 35° | 281 m | 8.4 mi |
| Devils Backbone | E 95° | 274 m | 6.2 mi |
| Castle Rock | ESE 111° | 228 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:55 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
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 | 22 | 26 | 38 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Polo 5NW, 7 mi away.
- snow trillium73 obs
- sharp-lobed hepatica50 obs
- Golden Oyster Mushroom30 obs
- bloodroot27 obs
- Dutchman's breeches24 obs
- Canada yew24 obs
- Rainbow Darter22 obs
- Virginia waterleaf19 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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