Mill Creek County Park
Mill Creek County Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Dole Hill stands 210 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Branch Nature Preserve, a park 3.3 miles away. Historic National Road - Illinois passes 5.2 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 196 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 77.1 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 14.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Indiana, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Rocky Branch Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Marshall Soccer Park: 6.2 mi
- Marshall Community Pool & Park: 6.4 mi
- Marshall High School Class of 1958 Park: 6.8 mi
- Harlow Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
- Antlers: 13.1 mi
- Bookworm: 13.5 mi
- Bookworm: 13.5 mi
- Worlds Largest Rocking Chair: 13.6 mi
- World's Largest Windchime: 13.6 mi
- Story Walk: 13.5 mi
- World's Largest Teeter-Totter: 13.6 mi
- World's Largest Teeter-Totter: 13.6 mi
- Porch Swing: 13.8 mi
- Worlds Largest Mailbox: 13.8 mi
- Clark County Museum: 6.9 mi
- USA Softball of Illinois Hall of Fame: 13.9 mi
- Lincoln Douglas Debate Museum: 20.6 mi
- Candles Holocaust Museum & Education Center: 21.1 mi
- Swope Art Museum: 21.5 mi
- Lost Hill: 7.7 mi
- Big Knoll: 15.5 mi
- Wolf Mound: 18.3 mi
- Dole Hill: 19.2 mi
- Fairbanks Mound: 19.6 mi
- Lincoln Trail State Park: 7.9 mi
- American Beech Woods Nature Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Fox Ridge State Park: 19.1 mi
- Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area: 24.2 mi
- EIU Secret Garden: 19.7 mi
- City of Hollies Tree Farm: 21.7 mi
- ISU Community Garden: 21.9 mi
- Herbs Garden: 24.3 mi
- Trolly: 13.8 mi
- DoD War Memorial: 13.8 mi
- Woodlawn Monument Sight: 21.2 mi
- Griffin: 8.2 mi
- Hitesville: 13.3 mi
- Clear Creek Welcome Center: 16.3 mi
- Clear Creek Welcome Center: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mill Creek County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dole Hill | N 349° | 210 m | 19.2 mi |
| Wolf Mound | NNE 18° | 207 m | 18.3 mi |
| Sanford Hill | ESE 105° | 204 m | 24.7 mi |
| Buck Knoll | WSW 244° | 186 m | 22.1 mi |
| Graveyard Hill | WSW 242° | 180 m | 21.7 mi |
| Pottsville Hill | ENE 72° | 179 m | 21.2 mi |
| Lost Hill | SSE 155° | 164 m | 7.7 mi |
| Fairbanks Mound | SE 134° | 157 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:42 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:49 | 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 | 28 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Casey, 13 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer2 obs
- Turkey Vulture1 obs
- Great Blue Heron1 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
- Canada Goose1 obs
- Blue Jay1 obs
- Red-headed Woodpecker1 obs
- Virginia Opossum1 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/354206223
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