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Red Hills Woods Nature Preserve

Red Hills Woods Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Red Hills Woods Nature Preserve is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 167 m. Red Hill stands 193 m to the north, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hills State Park, a park 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 123 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
167 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.72255, -87.83114

77 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 43
Peaks: 10
Museums: 7
  • Carnegie Museum: 13.6 mi
  • Heritage House Museum: 13.7 mi
  • Indiana Military Museum: 16.2 mi
  • Harrison Mansion: 16.7 mi
  • Red Skelton Performing Arts Center: 17.1 mi
Historic sites: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Cliffs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Hills Woods Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red HillN 350°193 m1.4 mi
Onion HillWNW 289°171 m19.6 mi
Shawn HillNE 40°165 m23.0 mi
Bristol HillNE 37°164 m22.6 mi
Indian MoundNNE 33°161 m21.2 mi
Wolf HillENE 74°159 m19.4 mi
Indian MoundNW 316°157 m17.4 mi
Robeson HillsE 94°153 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:03
June solstice05:2819:4020:20
September equinox06:4018:1518:50
December solstice07:0715:5216:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303444556574777569574535
Precip in3.32.73.64.45.35.24.13.13.63.94.13.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lawrenceville 2wsw, 6 mi away.

  • prairie trillium5 obs
  • mayapple3 obs
  • eastern black walnut3 obs
  • sassafras3 obs
  • Virginia bluebells3 obs
  • blue phlox3 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty3 obs
  • Pandorus Sphinx2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/354251879

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