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Homestead Rest Area - Southbound

Homestead Rest Area - Southbound from directly overhead

Homestead Rest Area - Southbound is a rest area in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 161 m. Brushy Mound stands 212 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Homestead Rest Area - Northbound, a rest area 0.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 21 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Illinois Department of Transportation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.87229, -89.85098

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hamel Community Park: 1.1 mi
  • Worden City Park: 4.2 mi
  • Worden Community Park: 4.5 mi
  • Alhambra Township Park: 6.0 mi
  • Sam Vadalabene Field: 6.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums: 31
  • 1820 Colonel Benjamin Stephenson House: 7.1 mi
  • Edwardsville Children's Museum: 7.1 mi
  • Madison County Historical Museum: 7.1 mi
  • Route 66 Museum and Interpretative Center: 7.4 mi
  • Bethalto Historical Museum: 10.6 mi
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 14
Attractions: 13
Peaks: 11
  • Neudeckers Mountain: 6.5 mi
  • Browns Mound: 12.0 mi
  • Fox Hill: 14.3 mi
  • Robbs Mound: 16.1 mi
  • Emerald Mound: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Beaver Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Creek Trek Waterfall: 20.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Bellefontaine Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Oak Spring: 20.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Whispering Willow Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Homestead Rest Area - Southbound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brushy MoundN 359°212 m24.0 mi
Robbs MoundNE 55°198 m16.1 mi
Clarks MoundSSW 210°196 m23.5 mi
Fox HillSW 216°182 m14.3 mi
Browns MoundSSW 194°174 m12.0 mi
Neudeckers MountainSSE 152°171 m6.5 mi
Berger HillSSE 164°171 m18.7 mi
Emerald MoundSSE 168°158 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3519:4920:29
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1515:5916:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303544566675787770584535
Precip in2.52.53.54.95.53.43.93.33.42.93.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alton - Melvin Price L&D, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/996938377

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