Freeburg Recreation Park
Freeburg Recreation Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 153 m. Potato Hill stands 218 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans' Memorial Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 15 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 153 m
How to reach it
- 15.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 17.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 23.7 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 20.7 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
Overlooks nearby
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 2 · 17 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gates 3 and 4 · 17 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 1 · 17 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 6 · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans' Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- American Legion Freedom Park: 2.7 mi
- Smithton Community Park: 3.6 mi
- Julius J Knobeloch Woods Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Smithton City Park: 5.3 mi
- Abandoned building: 5.0 mi
- September 11 Memorial Walkway of Southern Illinois: 7.0 mi
- Transportation Plaza: 8.2 mi
- Historic Scott Gate: 8.4 mi
- Airlifter's Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Big Red Shoe: 8.0 mi
- Retro Tree: 9.1 mi
- Kinetic Sculpture: 9.1 mi
- Fox: 9.1 mi
- World War One Doughboy: 15.8 mi
- Mascoutah Heritage Museum: 7.1 mi
- Emma Kunz County Museum: 7.3 mi
- St. Clair County Historical Society: 7.5 mi
- Labor & Industrial Museum: 7.7 mi
- O'Fallon Historical Society: 11.8 mi
- Belleville Heart Garden: 7.2 mi
- Herb Garden: 7.2 mi
- Belleville Heart Garden Community Orchard: 7.3 mi
- Rain Garden: 9.3 mi
- Trenton Tumbleweeds Garden: 17.9 mi
- Haubers Hill: 2.6 mi
- Turkey Hill: 3.3 mi
- Point Lookout: 4.7 mi
- Dutch Hill: 9.4 mi
- Mt Millstadt: 10.2 mi
- Scenic Red Caboose: 11.7 mi
- Shoemaker School: 15.7 mi
- World's Largest Catsup Bottle: 17.2 mi
- Gateway Arch Riverboats: 20.7 mi
- Budweiser Brewery Experience: 20.9 mi
- Stemler Cave Woods Nature Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Horseshoe Lake State Park: 20.9 mi
- Tweed Prairie: 21.1 mi
- Salt Lick Point Land and Water Reserve: 22.6 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 23.1 mi
- Whispering Willow Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 23.3 mi
- Tunica Picnic Site: 23.3 mi
- Gurney Picnic Site: 23.3 mi
- Gus Fogt Picnic Site: 23.4 mi
- Falling Spring: 17.0 mi
- Headwaters: 22.4 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 23.6 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 24.9 mi
- Gateway Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- Stone Arch: 19.0 mi
- Broadway: 21.3 mi
- Wise Falls: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Freeburg Recreation Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potato Hill | WSW 245° | 218 m | 23.7 mi |
| Clarks Mound | NW 320° | 196 m | 14.2 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 0° | 185 m | 3.3 mi |
| Fox Hill | NNW 344° | 182 m | 20.4 mi |
| Browns Mound | N 359° | 174 m | 19.5 mi |
| Berger Hill | NNE 31° | 171 m | 15.2 mi |
| Haubers Hill | SE 126° | 166 m | 2.6 mi |
| Emerald Mound | NNE 24° | 158 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belleville SIU Rsch, 7 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle4 obs
- Blanchard's Cricket Frog3 obs
- Common Whitetail3 obs
- Common Watersnake2 obs
- common jewelweed2 obs
- buttonbush2 obs
- Blue Dasher2 obs
- floating primrose-willow2 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 way/469536381
Day trips start here
- Belleville · 8 mi
- O'Fallon · 12 mi
- Lebanon · 13 mi
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site · 18 mi
- Collinsville · 18 mi
- East St. Louis · 18 mi
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