Buttermilk Hill Picnic Area
Buttermilk Hill Picnic Area is a picnic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Bald Knob stands 314 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Kinkaid Lake Spillway Falls, a waterfall 1.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.7 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Forest Service
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 19.4 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
Named places within 25 miles
- Paul Ice Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- Paul Ice Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- Glenn Schlimpert Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
- Glen Schlimpert Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
- Riverside Park: 5.2 mi
- Unknown Departed Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Unknown Departed Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Old Train Depot: 11.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Cleinman Mound: 5.2 mi
- Swallow Rock: 7.4 mi
- Mount Carbon: 7.4 mi
- Sugar Hill: 9.8 mi
- Lookout Rocks: 9.8 mi
- ps: 5.3 mi
- gym: 5.4 mi
- pyroglyphics: 12.8 mi
- k: 13.3 mi
- Faery: 16.3 mi
- Oak Point Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Lake Shore Drive Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Bald Knob Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
- Clearview: 3.5 mi
- Pine Circle Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Lake Murphysboro State Park: 3.5 mi
- Johnson Creek Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- Little Grand Canyon: 8.3 mi
- Chautauqua Bottoms: 11.8 mi
- Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Abneyville Rock: 5.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Fountain Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Devils Bake Oven: 11.3 mi
- The Carbondale Depot Museum: 13.1 mi
- Sharp Museum: 13.2 mi
- African American Museum of Southern Illinois: 14.2 mi
- Giant City Visitor Center: 19.1 mi
- Illinois Rural Heritage Museum: 19.6 mi
- ps: 5.2 mi
- ps: 5.2 mi
- ps: 6.5 mi
- Mystic Willow: 11.3 mi
- Pomona Natural Bridge: 11.4 mi
- Kaity's Garden: 12.9 mi
- Flyover Public Garden: 13.1 mi
- Kumakura Garden: 13.2 mi
- Student Center Garden: 13.4 mi
- Heritage Garden: 19.4 mi
- Bottoms Spring: 8.2 mi
- Cave Spring: 14.2 mi
- Seep: 19.3 mi
- Kinkaid Lake Spillway Falls: 1.5 mi
- Falls-Shelter Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Brownsville: 3.5 mi
- Lovejoy: 18.7 mi
- Truck Parking: 24.6 mi
- Fruitland Rest Area (Southbound): 24.6 mi
- Campground Beach: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buttermilk Hill Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | SSE 163° | 314 m | 17.6 mi |
| Tiptop Knob | SSE 148° | 269 m | 21.0 mi |
| Government Rock | S 179° | 250 m | 15.2 mi |
| Grassy Knob | S 178° | 241 m | 12.6 mi |
| McGee Hill | S 179° | 240 m | 17.2 mi |
| Tricky Hill | SSW 203° | 219 m | 22.7 mi |
| Iron Mountain | SSE 160° | 212 m | 20.5 mi |
| Swallow Rock | SSE 165° | 198 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:02 | 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 | 33 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carbondale Sthrn Illinois AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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