Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site
Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site is a park in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 114 m. Jackson Hill stands 181 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Proceeding On, a historic site 2.8 miles away. Great River Road runs past it. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Great River Road, National
- 3.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 261.5 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 27.4 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
Overlooks nearby
- Lowest Point in Illinois · 3 mi
80 named places within 25 miles
- Fort Defiance State Park: 3.5 mi
- Halliday Plaza: 4.6 mi
- Cairo Public Boat Launch: 4.6 mi
- Halliday Park: 4.7 mi
- David Box Twin Rivers Ball Park: 5.2 mi
- Norfolk: 3.2 mi
- Greenfield: 4.4 mi
- Rushs Ridge: 5.6 mi
- Fuget: 12.5 mi
- Crosno: 12.9 mi
- Winford Wildlife Management Area: 3.4 mi
- Coil Estate Wildlife Management Area: 5.3 mi
- Doug Travis Wildlife Management Area: 10.6 mi
- Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area: 16.1 mi
- Obion Creek Wildlife Management Area: 18.4 mi
- Caboose: 4.6 mi
- Magnolia Manor: 5.7 mi
- Big Subway Gate: 6.3 mi
- Cotton Belt Caboose: 20.9 mi
- RB's Train: 23.4 mi
- Twin Mounds: 7.3 mi
- Dogtooth Bend Mounds: 14.9 mi
- Gilson Hills: 20.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 23.1 mi
- Santa Fe Hills: 23.2 mi
- Lewis & Clark: 4.8 mi
- Research Uncovered: 4.8 mi
- The Story of Cairo: 4.9 mi
- Cairo River Wall Murals: 4.9 mi
- Welcome to Historical Cairo: 4.9 mi
- Cairo Custom House Museum: 5.0 mi
- Columbus-Belmont State Park Civil War Museum: 14.3 mi
- Warren E. Hearns Museum: 14.7 mi
- Superman Museum & Gift Shop: 23.4 mi
- Henry N. Barkhausen Cache River Wetlands Center: 23.9 mi
- Proceeding On: 2.8 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Desert Storm Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Superman Statue: 23.4 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Three Ponds Bluff: 20.9 mi
- A: 14.2 mi
- Whitehaven Welcome Center: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Hill | WNW 301° | 181 m | 24.6 mi |
| Santa Fe Hills | NW 309° | 177 m | 23.2 mi |
| Burner Hill | NNW 334° | 171 m | 24.1 mi |
| Gilson Hills | NW 317° | 143 m | 20.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NNW 339° | 134 m | 23.1 mi |
| Dogtooth Bend Mounds | WNW 296° | 102 m | 14.9 mi |
| Twin Mounds | NNW 337° | 99 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:41 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cairo 3N, 7 mi away.
- common pawpaw4 obs
- Pond Slider3 obs
- mayapple3 obs
- Brown Recluse3 obs
- Fowler's Toad3 obs
- Maple Looper Moth3 obs
- beefsteak plant3 obs
- cherrybark oak3 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.
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