Red Hills State Park
Red Hills State Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 158 m. Red Hill stands 193 m to the north, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hills Woods Nature Preserve, a park 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 122 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 158 m
How to reach it
- 122.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 17.1 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
79 named places within 25 miles
- Red Hills Woods Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Lanterman Park: 4.4 mi
- Chauncey Marsh Nature Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Lawrenceville City Park: 7.7 mi
- Rotary Park: 11.8 mi
- Red Hill: 0.9 mi
- Robeson Hills: 16.6 mi
- Indian Mound: 16.8 mi
- Bunker Hill: 17.0 mi
- Onion Hill: 19.2 mi
- Carnegie Museum: 13.3 mi
- Heritage House Museum: 13.5 mi
- Indiana Military Museum: 16.5 mi
- Harrison Mansion: 17.0 mi
- Red Skelton Performing Arts Center: 17.4 mi
- Angel of Hope Children's Memorial Garden: 13.1 mi
- Oil Derrick: 14.0 mi
- Francis Vigo: 16.5 mi
- USS Indianapolis (SSN-697): 16.5 mi
- George Rogers Clark State Memorial: 16.5 mi
- Crawfordsville: 13.0 mi
- Mills Prairie: 17.2 mi
- West Union: 21.8 mi
- Lexington: 22.8 mi
- Piankashawtown: 25.0 mi
- Robeson Hills Nature Preserve: 16.5 mi
- Robert Ridgeway Grasslands: 22.1 mi
- White Oak State Fishing Area: 23.4 mi
- Prairie Ridge State Natural Area: 23.8 mi
- Hanging Rock: 19.7 mi
- Rutgers Bluff: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Hills State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | N 0° | 193 m | 0.9 mi |
| Onion Hill | WNW 288° | 171 m | 19.2 mi |
| Shawn Hill | NE 41° | 165 m | 22.8 mi |
| Bristol Hill | NE 39° | 164 m | 22.4 mi |
| Indian Mound | NE 34° | 161 m | 21.0 mi |
| Wolf Hill | ENE 76° | 159 m | 19.5 mi |
| Indian Mound | NW 315° | 157 m | 16.8 mi |
| Robeson Hills | E 95° | 153 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:40 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:52 | 16:34 |
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 | 30 | 34 | 44 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lawrenceville 2wsw, 6 mi away.
- prairie trillium4 obs
- mayapple3 obs
- eastern black walnut3 obs
- sassafras3 obs
- Virginia bluebells3 obs
- blue phlox3 obs
- American persimmon3 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty3 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/354133084
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