Lake Senachwine Conservation Area
Lake Senachwine Conservation Area is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 135 m. Gravel Hill stands 253 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is North End Gun Club, a nature reserve 2.7 miles away. Illinois River Road passes 1.8 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 135 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
- 43.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Saint Louis Canyon · 20 mi
- Kickapoo Canyon · 21 mi
- Sac Canyon · 21 mi
- Aurora Canyon · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Robert McBride Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
- Child Park: 5.9 mi
- Stoner Park: 5.9 mi
- Central Park: 6.1 mi
- Waterworks Park: 6.3 mi
- North End Gun Club: 2.7 mi
- Hartman Hunting Club: 5.0 mi
- Lucky Seven Duck and Deer Inc: 5.2 mi
- Donnelley State Fish and Wildlife Area: 6.4 mi
- Lake Depue State Fish and Wildlife Area: 7.2 mi
- Owls Head: 9.0 mi
- Piety Hill: 16.4 mi
- Cherry Slag Pile: 17.8 mi
- Gravel Hill: 17.8 mi
- Starved Rock: 21.0 mi
- Tiskilwa History Museum: 9.9 mi
- Bureau County Historical Museum: 12.9 mi
- Rock Island Depot Museum: 20.4 mi
- La Salle County Historical Museum: 20.7 mi
- Chillicothe Area History Museum: 20.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 18.6 mi
- Lake Falls: 18.7 mi
- Saint Louis Canyon Waterfall: 20.2 mi
- Wildcat Canyon Waterfall: 21.2 mi
- Ottawa Canyon Waterfall: 22.7 mi
- cherry Mine Disaster: 17.6 mi
- Santa Fe Train Mural: 20.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 20.5 mi
- Lake WIldwood Beach 2: 9.7 mi
- Lake Wildwood Beach 1: 10.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Buffalo Rock: 24.0 mi
- Hopewell Peter Toth sculpture: 15.2 mi
- Bourbonais: 17.4 mi
- The Marble Garden: 21.3 mi
- Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lake Senachwine Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Hill | WNW 290° | 253 m | 17.8 mi |
| Piety Hill | ENE 63° | 189 m | 16.4 mi |
| Owls Head | NW 318° | 181 m | 9.0 mi |
| Buffalo Rock | ENE 69° | 170 m | 24.4 mi |
| Starved Rock | ENE 66° | 167 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 40 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hennepin, 4 mi away.
- swamp lousewort12 obs
- obedient plant10 obs
- swamp thistle9 obs
- Orange-fruited Horse Gentian9 obs
- American White Pelican8 obs
- great blue lobelia7 obs
- marsh marigold6 obs
- wahoo6 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/354219437
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