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Mackinaw Dells Rest Area Eastbound

Mackinaw Dells Rest Area Eastbound from directly overhead

Mackinaw Dells Rest Area Eastbound is a rest area in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Nichols Mound stands 205 m to the north-northeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mackinaw Dells Rest Area Westbound, a rest area 0.6 miles away. Illinois River Road passes 16 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Illinois Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.61222, -89.24473

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Goodfield Park: 1.8 mi
  • Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area Headquarters: 4.9 mi
  • Eureka Lake Park: 6.7 mi
  • William Honeg Park: 6.9 mi
  • Lilac Arboretum: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 40
Historic sites: 33
Museums: 23
Gardens: 19
  • Illinois State University Horticulture Center: 13.8 mi
  • ICC Horticulture Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Chapel Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Monarch Plot Bloomington: 15.6 mi
  • Laura's Gardens: 15.6 mi
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 3
Peaks: 1
  • Nichols Mound: 2.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • F.R. Glasener Beach: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nichols MoundNNE 25°205 m2.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252941526372757367554231
Precip in2.11.82.43.84.84.13.93.73.23.12.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Congerville 2NW, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/996938656

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