Rocky Branch Nature Preserve
Rocky Branch Nature Preserve is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Dole Hill stands 210 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Creek County Park, a park 3.3 miles away. Historic National Road - Illinois passes 5.7 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 196 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 73.9 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 12.5 mi off the Historic National Road - Indiana, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mill Creek County Park: 3.3 mi
- Marshall Soccer Park: 5.2 mi
- Marshall Community Pool & Park: 6.1 mi
- Marshall High School Class of 1958 Park: 6.3 mi
- Harlow Memorial Park: 6.8 mi
- Antlers: 16.4 mi
- Bookworm: 16.8 mi
- Bookworm: 16.8 mi
- Worlds Largest Rocking Chair: 16.9 mi
- World's Largest Windchime: 16.9 mi
- Clark County Museum: 6.7 mi
- USA Softball of Illinois Hall of Fame: 17.2 mi
- Candles Holocaust Museum & Education Center: 18.6 mi
- Swope Art Museum: 18.9 mi
- Terre Haute Children's Museum: 19.0 mi
- Log Cabin Chapel: 16.3 mi
- Story Walk: 16.8 mi
- World's Largest Teeter-Totter: 16.9 mi
- World's Largest Teeter-Totter: 16.9 mi
- Porch Swing: 17.1 mi
- Lost Hill: 9.2 mi
- Big Knoll: 14.9 mi
- Wolf Mound: 15.5 mi
- Dole Hill: 17.7 mi
- Pottsville Hill: 18.2 mi
- City of Hollies Tree Farm: 19.1 mi
- ISU Community Garden: 19.3 mi
- Herbs Garden: 21.7 mi
- EIU Secret Garden: 22.0 mi
- Bamboo Garden: 23.2 mi
- DoD War Memorial: 17.1 mi
- Trolly: 17.1 mi
- Woodlawn Monument Sight: 18.5 mi
- Claude Matthews Medallion: 23.4 mi
- Freedom Shrine: 23.4 mi
- Griffin: 5.9 mi
- Hitesville: 15.2 mi
- Randall: 24.7 mi
- Lincoln Trail State Park: 8.8 mi
- American Beech Woods Nature Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Fox Ridge State Park: 21.9 mi
- Clear Creek Welcome Center: 14.0 mi
- Clear Creek Welcome Center: 14.1 mi
- Twigg Rest Park: 24.5 mi
- Speed Beach: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rocky Branch Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dole Hill | NNW 340° | 210 m | 17.7 mi |
| Wolf Mound | NNE 12° | 207 m | 15.5 mi |
| Sanford Hill | ESE 112° | 204 m | 23.0 mi |
| Graveyard Hill | WSW 241° | 180 m | 24.9 mi |
| Pottsville Hill | ENE 76° | 179 m | 18.2 mi |
| Lost Hill | S 175° | 164 m | 9.2 mi |
| Fairbanks Mound | SE 143° | 157 m | 19.6 mi |
| Big Knoll | SE 136° | 140 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:42 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:49 | 16:31 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paris STP, 12 mi away.
- Christmas fern11 obs
- Dutchman's breeches10 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty10 obs
- Canadian lousewort9 obs
- Cutleaf Grapefern7 obs
- citronella horse balm7 obs
- American beech6 obs
- Snakewort6 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 way/1450392991
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