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National Trail Rest Area - Eastbound

National Trail Rest Area - Eastbound from directly overhead

National Trail Rest Area - Eastbound is a rest area in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Bridges Knob stands 211 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is National Trail Rest Area - Westbound, a rest area 0.3 miles away. Historic National Road - Illinois passes 0.8 miles off. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Illinois Department of Transportation
Access
No

How to reach it

Coordinates39.06492, -88.67428

66 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 35
  • Effingham County Fairgrounds: 3.4 mi
  • Gilbert Park: 3.7 mi
  • Heritage Park: 4.0 mi
  • Heritage Park: 4.0 mi
  • Schmidt Park: 4.1 mi
Peaks: 8
  • White Oak Mound: 15.6 mi
  • Island Hill: 16.0 mi
  • Dean Hills: 16.6 mi
  • Bowling Green Hill: 19.4 mi
  • Bridges Knob: 21.8 mi
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 5
  • S.S. President: 11.1 mi
  • Dieterich Community Veterans Memorial: 15.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 17.3 mi
  • American Legion Veterans Monument: 19.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 21.0 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Ballard Nature Center: 1.6 mi
  • Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area: 24.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rocky Spring: 16.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Beaches: 1
Attractions: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bridges KnobWNW 292°211 m21.8 mi
Bowling Green HillWNW 293°205 m19.4 mi
Dean HillsWNW 291°197 m16.6 mi
Lowe MoundSW 220°178 m24.7 mi
The MoundSW 236°174 m24.2 mi
Island HillW 278°171 m16.0 mi
White Oak MoundWNW 282°153 m15.6 mi
Turkey PointSE 134°135 m23.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:07
June solstice05:3019:4520:25
September equinox06:4318:1818:53
December solstice07:1115:5416:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293343546574777568564434
Precip in2.92.43.34.85.34.94.33.22.93.53.72.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Effingham 3SW, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1375135384

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