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Burden Falls

Burden Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Burden Falls is a waterfall in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 163 m. Williams Hill stands 325 m to the east, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Burden Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 197 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Height
31 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.56396, -88.64232
Around it

197 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 38
  • Pirate Park: 5.4 mi
  • Millstone Bluff National Register Site: 7.1 mi
  • Washington Street Park: 8.4 mi
  • Lakeview-East End Veterans Park: 8.5 mi
  • Gary Jones Memorial Park: 8.5 mi
Peaks: 33
  • Millstone Bluff: 7.0 mi
  • Potato Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Williams Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Benham Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Wamble Mountain: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 29
Nature reserves: 20
Attractions: 20
  • Boating: 6.9 mi
  • Woodmanship: 7.0 mi
  • Carrier millswater department: 8.1 mi
  • Carrier Mills Municpal Building: 8.3 mi
  • Absher Nicholson Funeral Home: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Old Wall: 6.5 mi
  • Legend of Ondessonk: 6.9 mi
  • 50 Years: 6.9 mi
  • Lakeview School: 7.2 mi
  • Lakeview Cemetery: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Upper Burden Falls: 0.0 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Cedar/Pakentuck Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Spillway Falls: 7.0 mi
Museums: 8
Natural arches: 7
  • Natural Bridge: 3.3 mi
  • Cedar Wonders Arch: 8.6 mi
  • Pot Hole Arch: 12.1 mi
  • Elephant Arch: 14.0 mi
  • Purse Strap Arch: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pine Point: 10.4 mi
  • Goose Bay: 10.6 mi
  • High Knob: 17.4 mi
  • Lookout Point Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
  • Bluff View Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Bell Smith Springs: 3.2 mi
  • Dixon Springs: 12.3 mi
  • Decker Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Negro Spring: 21.4 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Cheif Tecumseh Statue: 16.2 mi
  • Big John: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Burden Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Williams HillE325 m9.2 mi
Horton HillENE297 m12.0 mi
Wamble MountainENE287 m10.8 mi
Cave HillENE284 m14.8 mi
High KnobE279 m17.4 mi
Potato HillE270 m8.6 mi
Garden Of the GodsE262 m14.4 mi
Benham HillESE252 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:07
June solstice05:3419:4120:20
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0715:5916:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343948586674777670594738
Precip in3.83.64.75.05.24.14.43.73.83.84.34.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dixon Springs Agric CTR, 9 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs23830437737328313070.640.131.236.0109223

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge South Fork Saline River NR Carrier Mills, IL, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9612047171

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