- Elevation
- 139 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Kingfisher Hill183 m · 11.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Great River Road59.8 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:34local time
- Coordinates
- 40.2150, -90.1137
Matanzas Prairie Nature Preserve is a park in Illinois, at a recorded 139 m. Kingfisher Hill stands 183 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bath Village Park, a park 2.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 60 miles off. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
- Elevation
- 139 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Matanzas Prairie Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingfisher Hill | SE 145° | 183 m | 11.9 mi |
| Tampico Mounds | NNE 19° | 175 m | 14.7 mi |
| Shick Shack Hill | SSE 157° | 162 m | 11.8 mi |
| Hickory Grove Hill | NE 52° | 152 m | 24.3 mi |
- 59.8 mi off the Great River RoadNational
- 5.8 mi off the Illinois River RoadNational
Overlooks nearby
- Jake's Point Overlook · 14 mi
84 named places within 25 miles
- Bath Village Park: 2.2 mi
- Long Branch Sand Prairie Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Anderson Lake State Conservation Area: 4.2 mi
- Carlson Lake Waterfowl Management Area: 5.2 mi
- Riverfront Park: 6.5 mi
- Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak: 3.6 mi
- Emiquon Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Revis Hill Prairie Nature Preserve: 15.0 mi
- Jack Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery: 18.5 mi
- Walden West Land and Water Reserve: 19.2 mi
- Sylvan: 16.1 mi
- Tuscumbia: 16.9 mi
- Totten Prairie: 19.0 mi
- Civer: 21.4 mi
- Gurney: 22.1 mi
- Dickson Mounds Museum: 9.4 mi
- Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery: 18.9 mi
- Menard County Historical Museum: 19.9 mi
- Beardstown River Museum: 21.8 mi
- Schuyler Jail Museum & Gnlgcl: 24.7 mi
- Shick Shack Hill: 11.8 mi
- Kingfisher Hill: 11.9 mi
- Cox Creek Hill: 13.5 mi
- Tampico Mounds: 14.7 mi
- Hickory Grove Hill: 24.3 mi
- Dr. Charles Chandler Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Vermont Veterans Memorial: 17.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:55 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Havana, 7 mi away.
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