Delabar State Park
Delabar State Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 173 m. Gittings Mound stands 230 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Casey Barrow Landing, a park 2.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 0.5 miles off. 135 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 173 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 98.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
135 named places within 25 miles
- Casey Barrow Landing: 2.0 mi
- Hawkeye Dolbee Access: 4.3 mi
- Riverview Access Area: 4.8 mi
- Keithsburg Historic District: 9.6 mi
- Chautauqua Park: 10.5 mi
- Allen Green Refuge: 3.9 mi
- Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge: 4.8 mi
- Mississippi River Islands Wildlife Management Area: 5.9 mi
- Oquawka State Wildlife Refuge: 6.5 mi
- Luckenbill Woods: 8.1 mi
- Heritage Center Museum: 13.4 mi
- Garrett-Phelps House Museum: 13.5 mi
- Apple Trees Museum: 14.6 mi
- Warren County History Museum: 15.1 mi
- Hawkeye Log Cabin: 15.2 mi
- Chief Taimah Memorial Site: 9.9 mi
- Snake Alley: 13.5 mi
- Fire Bell: 13.6 mi
- CB&Q Steam Engine 3003: 13.6 mi
- East Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Verne "Bud" Barnes Shelter: 16.5 mi
- Nellie Long Shelter: 16.5 mi
- Old Canon: 15.4 mi
- Art Display: 15.8 mi
- Art Gallery: 15.9 mi
- Gittings Mound: 23.2 mi
- Jollyville Hill: 24.5 mi
- Bald Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Des Moines County Fair: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Delabar State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gittings Mound | SSW 194° | 230 m | 23.2 mi |
| Jollyville Hill | SW 219° | 161 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:55 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 28 | 40 | 52 | 63 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gladstone DAM 18, 7 mi away.
- Common Raccoon2 obs
- hen of the woods2 obs
- box elder1 obs
- common milkweed1 obs
- Seven-spotted Lady Beetle1 obs
- whitemouth dayflower1 obs
- turkey-tail1 obs
- Common Sootywing1 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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