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Logan Courthouse Square Historic District

Logan Courthouse Square Historic District from directly overhead

Logan Courthouse Square Historic District is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is The Cow In The Corn, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
180 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.14618, -89.36241

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Latham Park: 0.1 mi
  • Scully Park: 0.2 mi
  • Lehn & Fink Park: 0.6 mi
  • Historic Postville Courthouse Park: 1.0 mi
  • Ray White Park: 1.0 mi
Museums: 16
Artworks: 10
  • The Cow In The Corn: 0.1 mi
  • Centennial Sundial: 0.1 mi
  • Constellation 2012: 0.1 mi
  • Paul Bunyan Statue: 10.5 mi
  • Bronze Police Officer: 20.8 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Lockenauer Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Pool Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Polecat Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Elkhart Hill: 10.4 mi
  • Walnut Hill: 15.2 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Roll of Honor Archway: 16.5 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 21.2 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 23.0 mi
  • Clear Lake Veterans Memorial: 23.0 mi
  • Lincoln and the Talisman: 23.0 mi
Attractions: 6
  • World's largest covered wagon: 1.3 mi
  • The Tropics Restaurant Neon Sign: 1.6 mi
  • Pig-Hip Restaurant Memorial: 7.0 mi
  • J.P. Hieronymus Carriage House: 10.4 mi
  • J. H. Hawes Elevator: 10.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Old Faithful: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Logan Courthouse Square Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elkhart HillSSW 213°221 m10.4 mi
Buxtom HillNW 306°207 m17.0 mi
Walnut HillSW 220°197 m15.2 mi
Polecat HillWSW 254°187 m9.9 mi
Yellow Hammer KnobS 174°183 m23.9 mi
Lockenauer HillS 176°180 m3.3 mi
Pool HillWNW 282°176 m8.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2919:5020:31
September equinox06:4618:2118:56
December solstice07:1715:5216:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263141536472757366544231
Precip in2.21.92.74.24.44.24.93.53.33.42.92.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln, 1 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer4 obs
  • North American Wheel Bug4 obs
  • Virginia bluebells4 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel3 obs
  • Polyphemus Moth3 obs
  • American pokeweed3 obs
  • American sweetgum3 obs
  • Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp3 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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OpenStreetMap element way/474057161

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