Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site
Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 169 m. Little Vine Hill stands 298 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pierre Menard Home Historic Site, a park 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.5 miles off. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 169 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Illinois Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 5.7 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
85 named places within 25 miles
- Pierre Menard Home Historic Site: 0.4 mi
- French Colonial Historic District: 0.6 mi
- Cohen Fields: 4.4 mi
- Elzie Seger Memorial Park: 6.0 mi
- Gazebo Park: 6.0 mi
- Lick Hill: 8.2 mi
- Mertell Hill: 14.1 mi
- High Knoll: 15.2 mi
- Graveyard Hill: 16.7 mi
- Jawbone: 17.2 mi
- Louis Bolduc House: 7.4 mi
- Center for French Colonial Life: 7.4 mi
- Ste Genevieve Museum Learning Center: 7.6 mi
- James M. Eddleman Millitary Museum: 14.8 mi
- Misselhorn Art Museum: 15.0 mi
- Mill Creek Natural Area: 15.0 mi
- Swayne Hollow SNA: 15.2 mi
- Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve: 15.7 mi
- County Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 17.2 mi
- Kidd Lake State Natural Area: 19.2 mi
- Shelter Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Shelter Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Wild Hog Bluff: 18.8 mi
- Owl Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Wall of Honor: 17.1 mi
- La Hae Spring: 20.2 mi
- Skaggs Spring: 24.5 mi
- pyroglyphics: 15.6 mi
- Falls-Shelter Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Bloomsdale Rest Area (Northbound): 19.0 mi
- Double Arch: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Vine Hill | WSW 257° | 298 m | 23.9 mi |
| Madden Hill | SW 230° | 294 m | 17.5 mi |
| Beehive Knob | WSW 239° | 290 m | 21.6 mi |
| Chimney Rock | WSW 238° | 253 m | 21.4 mi |
| Cheesebrough Hill | SW 233° | 244 m | 20.3 mi |
| Haney Hill | SW 224° | 238 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mertell Hill | WSW 239° | 233 m | 14.1 mi |
| Pikes Peak | W 274° | 220 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
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 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kaskaskia RVR Navigation Lock, 2 mi away.
- Killdeer1 obs
- Snowy Egret1 obs
- Savannah Sparrow1 obs
- White-tailed Deer1 obs
- Thin-legged Wolf Spiders1 obs
- Chinese chestnut1 obs
- common pawpaw1 obs
- American tuliptree1 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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