Limestone Rest Area (Southbound)
Limestone Rest Area (Southbound) is a rest area in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Blue Mound stands 258 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Limestone Rest Area (Northbound), a rest area 0.9 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.9 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Illinois Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Pontiac Rec-Plex: 2.9 mi
- Humiston Park: 3.5 mi
- Humiston Riverside Park: 3.9 mi
- Fell Park: 3.9 mi
- Chautauqua Park: 4.1 mi
- Weston Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Humiston Woods Nature Center: 7.3 mi
- Lexington Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Merwin Savannah Nature Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Sweeney Woods Preserve: 17.1 mi
- Catherine Yost House Museum: 4.0 mi
- Pontiac - Oakland Museum and Resource Center: 4.1 mi
- Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum: 4.2 mi
- Livingston County War Museum: 4.2 mi
- Jones House: 4.2 mi
- Raymond Schultz Round Barn: 2.2 mi
- Ladd School Subway: 4.0 mi
- Standard Oil Gas Station: 14.0 mi
- Memory Lane: 14.2 mi
- ATSF Depot: 21.1 mi
- John Patton Log Cabin: 14.0 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 21.2 mi
- Pluto Monument: 22.9 mi
- Smiths Mound: 15.5 mi
- Blue Mound: 22.9 mi
- Limestone Rest Area (Northbound): 0.9 mi
- OSF St. James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 7.3 mi
- Reuben G. Soderstrom: 21.3 mi
- F.R. Glasener Beach: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Limestone Rest Area (Southbound). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | SSW 193° | 258 m | 22.9 mi |
| Smiths Mound | N 359° | 228 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 40 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pontiac, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/996938831
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