Farmland Rest Area - Westbound
Farmland Rest Area - Westbound is a rest area in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. Blue Mound stands 258 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Farmland Rest Area - Eastbound, a rest area 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 22 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Illinois Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 21.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Weedman Park: 2.0 mi
- South Park: 2.8 mi
- Howard Virgin Timber Park: 5.6 mi
- Brickyard Park: 5.8 mi
- Bowman Park: 7.0 mi
- Red House Gallery: 17.7 mi
- Bronze Fireman: 17.8 mi
- Bronze Police Officer: 17.8 mi
- Bear: 18.3 mi
- Girl with a Scarf: 18.4 mi
- Maybery Gelvin Botanical Garden: 15.3 mi
- Brick Wall Garden: 18.4 mi
- Rose Terrrace: 18.4 mi
- Squares: 18.4 mi
- Squares: 18.4 mi
- S.H. West County Park: 8.5 mi
- Moraine View State Recreation Area: 10.3 mi
- Oxbow Ridge at River Bend Forest Preserve: 13.7 mi
- River Bend Forest Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Buffalo Trace Prairie: 14.9 mi
- Museum of the Grand Prairie: 15.3 mi
- Simpkins Military History Museum: 16.1 mi
- Monticello Railway Museum: 16.1 mi
- Piatt County Museum: 16.2 mi
- DeWitt County Museum: 17.0 mi
- Bosarth Memorial: 16.5 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 17.2 mi
- David Davis Mansion: 21.9 mi
- The Sesquicentennial Gates: 22.5 mi
- Champaign County Worker's Memorial: 22.7 mi
- Farmland Rest Area - Eastbound: 0.3 mi
- Sergeant Myron G Deckard Memorial Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- Sergeant Myron G Deckard Memorial Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Funks Grove Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Demonstration Prairie: 19.2 mi
- Music Barn: 19.2 mi
- Historic US Route 66 Sign: 22.1 mi
- Kumler: 5.3 mi
- Benjaminville: 15.9 mi
- Blue Mound: 17.7 mi
- Blue Mound: 20.0 mi
- Old Faithful: 16.8 mi
- The Oasis: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Farmland Rest Area - Westbound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | NNW 341° | 258 m | 17.7 mi |
| Blue Mound | SE 146° | 228 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:48 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:49 | 16:32 |
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 | 24 | 28 | 39 | 50 | 62 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gibson City, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1375350044
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