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Red Hill

Red Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Red Hill rises to 193 m in Illinois. Onion Hill stands 171 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hills State Park, a park 0.9 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 122 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q32358540, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
193 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.74227, -87.83557

79 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 47
Peaks: 8
  • Indian Mound: 16.2 mi
  • Robeson Hills: 16.7 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 17.3 mi
  • Onion Hill: 19.0 mi
  • Wolf Hill: 19.3 mi
Museums: 7
  • Carnegie Museum: 13.3 mi
  • Heritage House Museum: 13.5 mi
  • Indiana Military Museum: 16.8 mi
  • Harrison Mansion: 17.1 mi
  • Red Skelton Performing Arts Center: 17.5 mi
Historic sites: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 2

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Onion HillWNW 286°171 m19.0 mi
Shawn HillNE 43°165 m22.1 mi
Bristol HillNE 40°164 m21.7 mi
Indian MoundNE 36°161 m20.3 mi
Wolf HillENE 78°159 m19.3 mi
Indian MoundNW 313°157 m16.2 mi
Robeson HillsE 98°153 m16.7 mi
Bunker HillESE 110°145 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:03
June solstice05:2719:4020:20
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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1764777 — Red Hill, Lawrence County, Illinois.

OpenStreetMap element node/354217152

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