Fox Run State Conservation Area
Fox Run State Conservation Area is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 139 m. Gravel Hill stands 253 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Kirby Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Illinois River Road passes 1.5 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 139 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
- 41.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Saint Louis Canyon · 11 mi
- Kickapoo Canyon · 12 mi
- Sac Canyon · 12 mi
- Aurora Canyon · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kirby Park: 1.2 mi
- White City Park: 3.9 mi
- Sunset Park: 4.3 mi
- Lake Park: 4.7 mi
- City Park: 4.9 mi
- Rod and Gun Club: 4.1 mi
- Donnelley State Fish and Wildlife Area: 6.0 mi
- Lake Depue State Fish and Wildlife Area: 6.0 mi
- Lucky Seven Duck and Deer Inc: 7.2 mi
- Hartman Hunting Club: 7.2 mi
- Piety Hill: 7.4 mi
- Cherry Slag Pile: 8.6 mi
- Starved Rock: 12.1 mi
- Owls Head: 13.3 mi
- Catfish Effigy: 15.7 mi
- cherry Mine Disaster: 8.4 mi
- Remembering the Radium Girls: 19.8 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 19.9 mi
- Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas: 19.9 mi
- Pluto Monument: 23.0 mi
- La Salle County Historical Museum: 11.2 mi
- Bureau County Historical Museum: 13.3 mi
- Tiskilwa History Museum: 14.8 mi
- Mendota Museum & Historical Society: 17.3 mi
- Streatorland Historical Museum: 23.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 10.1 mi
- Lake Falls: 10.2 mi
- Saint Louis Canyon Waterfall: 11.2 mi
- Wildcat Canyon Waterfall: 12.4 mi
- Ottawa Canyon Waterfall: 14.2 mi
- Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok: 13.0 mi
- Volvo Island: 22.2 mi
- ATSF Depot: 24.3 mi
- Buffalo Rock: 15.3 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Shadow Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Lake WIldwood Beach 2: 16.8 mi
- Lake Wildwood Beach 1: 17.2 mi
- Boy Scout of America: 18.6 mi
- Reuben G. Soderstrom: 23.9 mi
- Bourbonais: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fox Run State Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Hill | W 267° | 253 m | 24.0 mi |
| Piety Hill | E 90° | 189 m | 7.4 mi |
| Owls Head | W 266° | 181 m | 13.3 mi |
| Buffalo Rock | E 86° | 170 m | 15.7 mi |
| Starved Rock | E 86° | 167 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:47 | 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 | 22 | 26 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Peru, 7 mi away.
- Evergreen Bagworm Moth2 obs
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo1 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove1 obs
- Mourning Dove1 obs
- Greater Yellowlegs1 obs
- Gopher Snake1 obs
- purple coneflower1 obs
- Halloween Pennant1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/354219416
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