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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. River Road Scenic Byway passes 214 miles off. 208 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Height
31 m
Getting there

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Coordinates37.56396, -88.64232
Around it

208 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 43
  • 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: 32
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: 14
  • Upper Burden Falls: 0.0 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Cedar/Pakentuck Falls: 6.1 mi
Natural arches: 8
  • Natural Bridge: 3.3 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 5.6 mi
  • Cedar Wonders Arch: 8.6 mi
  • Pot Hole Arch: 12.1 mi
  • Elephant Arch: 14.0 mi
Museums: 8
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
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Cheif Tecumseh Statue: 16.2 mi
  • Big John: 20.2 mi
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 HillE 82°325 m9.2 mi
Horton HillENE 69°297 m12.0 mi
Wamble MountainENE 72°287 m10.8 mi
Cave HillENE 56°284 m14.8 mi
High KnobE 82°279 m17.4 mi
Potato HillE 91°270 m8.6 mi
Garden Of the GodsE 79°262 m14.4 mi
Benham HillESE 114°252 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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