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Carrollton Courthouse Square Historic District

Carrollton Courthouse Square Historic District from directly overhead

Carrollton Courthouse Square Historic District is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Tucker Knob stands 268 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainey Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 11 miles off. 109 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
189 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.30144, -90.40845

Overlooks nearby

109 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 45
  • Rainey Park: 0.3 mi
  • Fry Park: 0.5 mi
  • Lions Park: 9.1 mi
  • Tunison Park: 9.2 mi
  • McMaster Woods Nature Preserve: 9.2 mi
Peaks: 22
  • Shanks Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Witachek Mound: 7.9 mi
  • Zerby Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Spankey Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Anderson Hill: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Perrins Ledge: 11.7 mi
  • Shelter Bluff: 21.4 mi
  • Shelter Bluff: 21.9 mi
  • Wide Giant City: 22.0 mi
  • Shelter Bluff: 22.0 mi
Springs: 9
  • Clay Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Artesian Spring: 21.7 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Sierra Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Falls: 22.7 mi
Museums: 3
Attractions: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Mushroom Farm: 11.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Mary the Turtle: 23.1 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Elsah Soldiers: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carrollton Courthouse Square Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tucker KnobSSW 194°268 m22.7 mi
McAdams PeakSSW 198°246 m23.4 mi
Rocky HillSW 231°238 m16.2 mi
Kintown HillSW 231°238 m16.5 mi
McCoy HillSSW 195°237 m19.4 mi
Kissenger HillW 273°235 m24.5 mi
Gaske HillSW 233°234 m16.9 mi
Franklin HillSW 218°234 m18.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3619:5220:32
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1916:0016:42

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, 10 mi away.

  • North American Wheel Bug1 obs
  • Acanthocephala terminalis1 obs
  • White-marked Tussock Moth1 obs
  • Eastern Eyed Click Beetle1 obs
  • Tan Jumping Spider1 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth1 obs
  • American Green Crab Spider1 obs
  • mock strawberry1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/354210142

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