Blackhawk Battlefield Park
Blackhawk Battlefield Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 303 m. White Hill stands 381 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackhawk War Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 18 miles off. 136 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 303 m
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 27.4 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- High Point · 18 mi
- Ozzie's Point · 18 mi
- Louis' Point · 18 mi
- Oak Point · 18 mi
136 named places within 25 miles
- Wards Grove Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Polhill Park: 6.2 mi
- Dodds Park: 6.3 mi
- Lions Park: 6.6 mi
- Stockton Township Memorial Park: 7.7 mi
- Dublin Highlands State Habitat Area: 5.6 mi
- Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Park: 9.0 mi
- Wes Block Trailhead: 11.4 mi
- Freeport Wetland Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Freeport Prairie Nature Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Simmons Mound: 6.8 mi
- Benton Mound: 11.0 mi
- Heer Hill: 16.4 mi
- Mount Sumner: 17.7 mi
- Squirrel Grove Mound: 19.3 mi
- Blackhawk War Monument: 0.0 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 13.3 mi
- Lincoln and Douglas in Debate: 13.4 mi
- Old Mill Site: 14.4 mi
- Stockton Heritage Museum: 7.4 mi
- Freeport Art Museum: 12.4 mi
- Cedarville Historical Museum: 13.6 mi
- Stephenson County Historical Museum: 13.7 mi
- Winslow Historical Society and Museum: 14.3 mi
- Boat Rental: 11.8 mi
- Paridise Cove: 14.2 mi
- Old Galena Bridge: 14.3 mi
- Human Foosball: 14.6 mi
- Point Rock: 14.6 mi
- Plum Creek Spring: 10.7 mi
- Paradise Cove Artesian Well: 14.2 mi
- Cleary Spring: 19.0 mi
- Cedar Spring: 19.3 mi
- Santa Fe Beach: 19.1 mi
- South Beach: 22.3 mi
- Apple Canyon Waterfall: 16.7 mi
- Pavilion: 18.0 mi
- Wantea Point: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blackhawk Battlefield Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Hill | NW 314° | 381 m | 24.5 mi |
| Charles Mound | NW 308° | 374 m | 23.2 mi |
| Benton Mound | NW 309° | 367 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mount Sumner | NW 312° | 357 m | 17.7 mi |
| Scales Mound | WNW 301° | 356 m | 23.1 mi |
| Squirrel Grove Mound | NW 316° | 355 m | 19.3 mi |
| Hudson Mound | NW 310° | 354 m | 19.6 mi |
| Simmons Mound | NW 313° | 323 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:45 | 16:31 |
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 | 20 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stockton 3 NNE, 9 mi away.
- Killdeer1 obs
- Bald Eagle1 obs
- White-crowned Sparrow1 obs
- American Robin1 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle1 obs
- Muskrat1 obs
- butterfly milkweed1 obs
- Bull Thistle1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element node/354095745
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