Point Lookout
Point Lookout rises to 144 m in Illinois. Clarks Mound stands 196 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Haubers Hill, a peak 2.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 17 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q32358488, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 144 m
How to reach it
- 17.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 21.7 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
- 27.6 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 25.4 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
Overlooks nearby
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gates 3 and 4 · 21 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 2 · 21 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 1 · 22 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 6 · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fayetteville Community Park: 2.6 mi
- War Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Okaw Valley Park: 3.8 mi
- Freeburg Recreation Park: 4.7 mi
- Hanft Park: 5.3 mi
- Abandoned building: 6.5 mi
- Transportation Plaza: 11.7 mi
- September 11 Memorial Walkway of Southern Illinois: 11.7 mi
- Historic Scott Gate: 11.8 mi
- Airlifter's Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Mascoutah Heritage Museum: 8.6 mi
- Emma Kunz County Museum: 11.9 mi
- St. Clair County Historical Society: 12.1 mi
- Labor & Industrial Museum: 12.4 mi
- Red Bud Area Museum: 13.6 mi
- Haubers Hill: 2.3 mi
- Dutch Hill: 5.5 mi
- Turkey Hill: 7.5 mi
- Mt Millstadt: 14.2 mi
- Heimanns Hill: 16.9 mi
- Big Red Shoe: 12.7 mi
- Retro Tree: 13.7 mi
- Kinetic Sculpture: 13.8 mi
- Fox: 13.8 mi
- World War One Doughboy: 17.5 mi
- Belleville Heart Garden: 11.9 mi
- Herb Garden: 11.9 mi
- Belleville Heart Garden Community Orchard: 12.0 mi
- Rain Garden: 13.2 mi
- Trenton Tumbleweeds Garden: 19.0 mi
- Stemler Cave Woods Nature Preserve: 18.0 mi
- Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve: 23.6 mi
- Kidd Lake State Natural Area: 23.7 mi
- Salt Lick Point Land and Water Reserve: 24.5 mi
- Tweed Prairie: 24.7 mi
- Scenic Red Caboose: 15.7 mi
- Shoemaker School: 19.2 mi
- World's Largest Catsup Bottle: 21.5 mi
- Gateway Rest Area: 13.0 mi
- Stone Arch: 20.2 mi
- Whispering Willow Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Falling Spring: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Point Lookout. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Mound | NW 320° | 196 m | 18.9 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 337° | 185 m | 7.5 mi |
| Fox Hill | NNW 339° | 182 m | 24.7 mi |
| Browns Mound | N 352° | 174 m | 23.3 mi |
| Berger Hill | NNE 16° | 171 m | 17.3 mi |
| Haubers Hill | NNW 337° | 166 m | 2.3 mi |
| Emerald Mound | N 10° | 158 m | 18.3 mi |
| Monks Mound | NNW 330° | 157 m | 23.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belleville SIU Rsch, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1821864 — Point Lookout, St. Clair County, Illinois.
OpenStreetMap element node/354242945
Day trips start here
- Belleville · 13 mi
- Lebanon · 16 mi
- O'Fallon · 16 mi
- Collinsville · 22 mi
- Cahokia · 23 mi
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site · 23 mi
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