Wamac City Park
Wamac City Park is a park in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 153 m. Creeds Hill stands 186 m to the east-southeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lions Athletic Field, a park 0.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 53 miles off. 104 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 53.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 29.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
104 named places within 25 miles
- Lions Athletic Field: 0.8 mi
- Rotary Field: 1.1 mi
- Library Park: 1.7 mi
- Water Tower Park: 1.7 mi
- Bell Tower Park: 1.8 mi
- Creeds Hill: 5.0 mi
- Fikes Hill: 7.5 mi
- The Pinnacle: 10.3 mi
- Schaeffer Hill: 12.9 mi
- Corcoran Hill: 13.3 mi
- Third Principal Meridian: 2.0 mi
- Cardinal Point Witness Corner: 2.0 mi
- Nike Ajax Missile: 2.0 mi
- 2500 Engine: 2.0 mi
- T-33 Shooting Star: 2.3 mi
- Lazy L: 19.2 mi
- Circle C: 19.2 mi
- Bear: 19.6 mi
- Posen: 19.8 mi
- Lookout Point: 19.9 mi
- Centralia Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center: 16.5 mi
- Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst: 16.8 mi
- Washington County Historical Society Museum: 17.3 mi
- Poos Museum: 22.8 mi
- Post Oak Rest Area - Southbound: 11.3 mi
- Post Oak Rest Area - Northbound: 11.4 mi
- Goshen Road Rest Area - Eastbound: 22.2 mi
- Goshen Road Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- William Jennings Bryan: 13.9 mi
- Welcome to Nashville Mural: 17.2 mi
- Unique Stones: 17.7 mi
- Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area: 22.9 mi
- Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area: 24.7 mi
- Coles Creek Beach: 12.7 mi
- Party Cove: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wamac City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creeds Hill | ESE 104° | 186 m | 5.0 mi |
| Lowe Mound | NNE 24° | 178 m | 21.9 mi |
| Fikes Hill | ENE 72° | 176 m | 7.5 mi |
| Browns Hill | NW 326° | 165 m | 16.1 mi |
| Corcoran Hill | NW 305° | 163 m | 13.3 mi |
| Schaeffer Hill | WNW 301° | 161 m | 12.9 mi |
| The Pinnacle | S 173° | 150 m | 10.3 mi |
| Potatoe Hill | E 92° | 141 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:45 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:58 | 16:40 |
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 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Iuka 12 SW, 9 mi away.
- purple passionflower3 obs
- Wetland Giant Wolf Spider3 obs
- Groundhog2 obs
- Western Honey Bee2 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle2 obs
- North American Wheel Bug2 obs
- Fiery Skipper2 obs
- common yarrow2 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/550492496
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