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American Legion Park

American Legion Park from directly overhead

American Legion Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 202 m. Anderson Hill stands 228 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is 217 Terror Haunted House, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 18 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
202 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.48104, -90.36424

64 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 43
  • Community Park: 1.0 mi
  • Conrad Park: 3.4 mi
  • White Hall Historic District: 3.6 mi
  • Tunison Park: 3.7 mi
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Park: 3.7 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Pilot Knob: 12.2 mi
  • Browns Mound: 13.5 mi
  • Allison Mound: 15.5 mi
  • The Mound: 16.7 mi
  • Witachek Mound: 19.4 mi
Museums: 5
  • Old School Museum: 11.3 mi
  • Prairie Land Heritage Museam: 17.4 mi
  • Center for American Archeology Museum: 18.2 mi
  • Jerseyville County Historical Society: 24.8 mi
  • Pike County All Wars Museum: 24.9 mi
Attractions: 1
  • 217 Terror Haunted House: 0.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Skip Anderson Big Timber Preservation Area: 19.2 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Mushroom Farm: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • America's Most Wanted Bird: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of American Legion Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Anderson HillSW 218°228 m24.4 mi
Calvert HillWNW 296°218 m20.3 mi
The MoundNNE 12°216 m16.7 mi
Witachek MoundSSW 206°208 m19.4 mi
Spankey HillSSW 206°208 m22.2 mi
Allison MoundN 3°207 m15.5 mi
Pilot KnobWNW 283°193 m12.2 mi
Zerby HillSSW 206°188 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3519:5220:33
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1915:5916:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273142536472767467554332
Precip in2.12.02.94.44.84.73.93.43.03.03.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — White Hall 1 E, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/546733940

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