Hamilton County Fair Grounds
Hamilton County Fair Grounds is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 132 m. Lowry Hill stands 180 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Greg James Memorial Park, a park 0.9 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 179 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 132 m
How to reach it
- 178.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 24.5 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
79 named places within 25 miles
- Greg James Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Karchers Post Oak Woods Nature Preserve: 9.1 mi
- City Park: 14.8 mi
- Galatia Community Park: 17.5 mi
- Raleigh Park: 18.0 mi
- Radio Hill: 1.4 mi
- Bunker Hill: 8.9 mi
- Lowry Hill: 10.8 mi
- Webbs Hill: 14.6 mi
- Boyd Hill: 21.3 mi
- David Nave Insurance: 24.0 mi
- Whites Florist: 24.1 mi
- Looking Glass Enterprises: 24.1 mi
- Harrisburg Daily Register: 24.2 mi
- Graf Ink Printing: 24.2 mi
- Goshen Road Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Rend Lake Rest Area (I57-SB): 19.8 mi
- Rend Lake Rest Area - Northbound: 20.7 mi
- Goshen Road Rest Area - Eastbound: 20.7 mi
- Homestead of Judge Samuel Elder: 19.5 mi
- George Harrison: 21.1 mi
- Lincoln Monument: 22.8 mi
- War Memorial: 22.8 mi
- Old Eldorado City Hall: 19.9 mi
- Franklin County 1910's Garage Museum: 21.1 mi
- Wayne County Historical Museum: 22.6 mi
- Bluebell Bluff: 21.6 mi
- Meadow Bank: 24.7 mi
- Big John: 20.3 mi
- County Line Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- North Marcum Beach: 22.1 mi
- Halfway: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hamilton County Fair Grounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowry Hill | NW 308° | 180 m | 10.8 mi |
| Boyd Hill | ENE 68° | 175 m | 21.3 mi |
| Bunker Hill | S 185° | 171 m | 8.9 mi |
| Radio Hill | NNW 330° | 169 m | 1.4 mi |
| Webbs Hill | W 266° | 152 m | 14.6 mi |
| Browning Hill | W 260° | 138 m | 24.4 mi |
| Linder Hill | N 352° | 131 m | 21.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Bluff | E 80° | 125 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:42 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:57 | 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 | 32 | 35 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mcleansboro, under a mile away.
- Blue Jay6 obs
- Mallard5 obs
- Common Grackle3 obs
- common dandelion2 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty2 obs
- Great Blue Heron1 obs
- Greylag Goose1 obs
- Baltimore Oriole1 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/887626638
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