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Limestone Rest Area (Northbound)

Limestone Rest Area (Northbound) from directly overhead

Limestone Rest Area (Northbound) is a rest area in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 203 m. Blue Mound stands 258 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Limestone Rest Area (Southbound), a rest area 0.9 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.7 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Illinois Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.82375, -88.68793

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pontiac Rec-Plex: 3.7 mi
  • Humiston Park: 4.3 mi
  • Humiston Riverside Park: 4.7 mi
  • Fell Park: 4.8 mi
  • Chautauqua Park: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Museums: 8
Attractions: 5
  • Raymond Schultz Round Barn: 2.7 mi
  • Ladd School Subway: 4.8 mi
  • Memory Lane: 13.3 mi
  • Standard Oil Gas Station: 14.8 mi
  • ATSF Depot: 21.9 mi
Historic sites: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Smiths Mound: 16.3 mi
  • Blue Mound: 22.0 mi
Gardens: 1
  • OSF St. James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center Community Garden: 3.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 8.1 mi
Artworks: 1
Beaches: 1
  • F.R. Glasener Beach: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Limestone Rest Area (Northbound). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundSSW 193°258 m22.0 mi
Smiths MoundN 360°228 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252940526372757367554130
Precip in2.01.82.63.54.43.93.73.73.43.22.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pontiac, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/996938832

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