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South and Central Illinois

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Williams Hill (1064 ft/324 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Illinois (98%), Indiana (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	35,119 sq mi / 90,959 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	301 mi / 485 km North-South 176 mi / 283 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	39° 12' N; 88° 60' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of South and Central Illinois
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the South and Central Illinois.

Lower Peninsula-Heartland	Level 4 (Parent)
Michigan Lower Peninsula	Level 5 (Sibling)
South and Central Illinois	Level 5
Ohio-Wabash-Erie Area	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the South and Central Illinois

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Williams Hill	1064	324
2.	Bald Knob	1020+	311+
3.	Horton Hill	1000+	305+
4.	McLean County High Point	955+	291+
5.	Wamble Mountain	940+	287+
6.	High Knob	929	283
7.	Cave Hill	923	281
8.	Atwood Ridge	900+	274+
9.	Jersey County High Point	897	273
10.	Peak 890	890	271
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the South and Central Illinois

Williams Hill The not-so-glorious Williams Hill, IL (2016-03-12). Photo by H Yless. Click here for larger-size photo.	Bald Knob Union county IL with summit Cross of Peace (2013-08-02). Photo by Tom Owen. Click here for larger-size photo.
Bald Knob Wilderness High Point Union county IL with summit Cross of Peace (2013-08-02). Photo by Tom Owen. Click here for larger-size photo.	High Knob Looking west from High Knob towards Garden of the Gods (2021-08-04). Photo by Jeff Ulrich. Click here for larger-size photo.
Cave Hill View looking northwest from scarp along Cave Hill (2021-09-10). Photo by Jeff Ulrich. Click here for larger-size photo.	Yankee Ridge X marks the spot. There are No Trespassing signs posted, but it seemed harmless enough to walk up there (2019-11-03). Photo by Walter Blume. Click here for larger-size photo.
Government Rock Summit of Government Rock has the remains of a fireplace (2020-10-18). Photo by Walter Blume. Click here for larger-size photo.	Rosamond Grove Cemetery statue of Abraham Lincoln at Christian county IL highpoint (2013-08-02). Photo by Tom Owen. Click here for larger-size photo.
Smiths Mound Smiths Mound profile from the west (2021-05-05). Photo by John Mitchler. Click here for larger-size photo.	Gateway Arch National Park High Point Photo taken from the top of the Arch (2019-09-18). Photo by Charlie Winger. Click here for larger-size photo.

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