Mackinaw Dells Rest Area Westbound
Mackinaw Dells Rest Area Westbound is a rest area in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 223 m. Blue Mound stands 258 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Mackinaw Dells Rest Area Eastbound, a rest area 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 14 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Illinois Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 16.4 mi off the Illinois River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fondulac Drive Lookout 1 · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Goodfield Park: 2.2 mi
- Mackinaw River State Fish and Wildlife Area Headquarters: 5.2 mi
- Eureka Lake Park: 6.9 mi
- William Honeg Park: 7.2 mi
- Lilac Arboretum: 7.3 mi
- Hayes Woods Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Letcher Basin Land and Water Reserve: 4.4 mi
- Kenyon-Baller Woods Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Ridgetop Hill Prairie Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- ParkLands Nature Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Eureka Clay Time: 7.9 mi
- Return Visit: 11.9 mi
- Out of Court: 14.2 mi
- Second Globe Theatre: 14.6 mi
- Family with Dog: 15.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Washington F4 Tornado Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Old Main Cornerstone: 14.5 mi
- Sprague's Super Service: 14.7 mi
- Fell Park: 14.8 mi
- Ronald Reagan Museum: 7.3 mi
- Hunzinger Museum: 13.1 mi
- Eyestone School Museum: 14.0 mi
- Metamora Court House State Historic Site: 14.2 mi
- Project XV Museum: 14.4 mi
- Illinois State University Horticulture Center: 13.2 mi
- Chapel Garden: 15.0 mi
- Laura's Gardens: 15.1 mi
- Monarch Plot Bloomington: 15.1 mi
- Neighborhood Prayer Garden: 15.2 mi
- Historic US Route 66 Sign: 15.7 mi
- Luthy Botanical Gardens greenhouse: 19.4 mi
- The Doug Oberhelman Caterpillar Visitors Center: 19.4 mi
- Sundance: 21.1 mi
- Memory Lane: 23.7 mi
- Mackinaw River Picnic Area.: 5.4 mi
- Riverfront Square: 22.2 mi
- Walnut Grove: 24.1 mi
- Mackinaw Dells Rest Area Eastbound: 0.6 mi
- Funks Grove Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Nichols Mound: 1.9 mi
- Blue Mound: 24.8 mi
- F.R. Glasener Beach: 10.5 mi
- High Point: 21.5 mi
- Benjaminville: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mackinaw Dells Rest Area Westbound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | ESE 106° | 258 m | 24.8 mi |
| Nichols Mound | N 7° | 205 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:50 | 16:34 |
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 | 41 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Congerville 2NW, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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