- Elevation
- 177 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Piety Hill189 m · 3.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Illinois River Road0.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:34local time
- Coordinates
- 41.3417, -89.0417
Pecumsaugan Creek - Blackball Mines Nature Preserve is a park in Illinois, at a recorded 177 m. Piety Hill stands 189 m to the southwest, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Carey Memorial Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Illinois River Road passes 0.5 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Elevation
- 177 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pecumsaugan Creek - Blackball Mines Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piety Hill | SW 220° | 189 m | 3.0 mi |
| Owls Head | W 262° | 181 m | 22.8 mi |
| Buffalo Rock | E 101° | 170 m | 6.4 mi |
| Starved Rock | ESE 118° | 167 m | 3.0 mi |
- 0.5 mi off the Illinois River RoadNational
- 35.3 mi off the Historic Route 66National
Overlooks nearby
- Saint Louis Canyon · 2 mi
- Kickapoo Canyon · 3 mi
- Sac Canyon · 3 mi
- Aurora Canyon · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Carey Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
- Mary Hegeler Carus Park: 2.3 mi
- Mattheissen Park: 2.5 mi
- Pulaski Park: 2.6 mi
- Saint Marys Park: 2.7 mi
- Starved Rock Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Matthiessen State Park: 3.3 mi
- Matthiessen State Park: 4.0 mi
- Buffalo Rock State Park: 6.4 mi
- Dayton Bluffs Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Remembering the Radium Girls: 10.3 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas: 10.4 mi
- cherry Mine Disaster: 10.8 mi
- Indian Creek Massacre Historic Site: 16.7 mi
- Starved Rock: 3.0 mi
- Piety Hill: 3.0 mi
- Catfish Effigy: 6.4 mi
- Buffalo Rock: 6.4 mi
- Frog Effigy: 6.5 mi
- La Salle County Historical Museum: 1.7 mi
- Mendota Museum & Historical Society: 14.8 mi
- Earlville History Museum: 18.2 mi
- Streatorland Historical Museum: 18.6 mi
- Bureau County Historical Museum: 22.1 mi
- Saint Louis Canyon Waterfall: 2.5 mi
- Lake Falls: 3.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 3.2 mi
- Wildcat Canyon Waterfall: 3.5 mi
- Ottawa Canyon Waterfall: 5.5 mi
- Buffalo Rock: 6.0 mi
- Shadow Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 24.9 mi
- Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok: 8.9 mi
- Volvo Island: 12.7 mi
- ATSF Depot: 18.9 mi
- Boy Scout of America: 9.2 mi
- Reuben G. Soderstrom: 18.5 mi
- Lake WIldwood Beach 2: 22.6 mi
- Lake Wildwood Beach 1: 22.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:46 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 26 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Peru, 4 mi away.
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