Clark County High Point Trip Report

Date: July 2, 2001
Author: John Mitchler

This high ground is located at the edge of the small town of Westfield in east central Illinois. The owners were not home and it was not much effort to cross the mowed lawns.

At the east side of Charleston, find the stoplight intersection of IL 16 & IL 130 (18th Street). Go south on IL 130 crossing the Ebarrass River at Lake Charleston. After 3.8 miles, turn right (east) on CR 5 (480N) and go 6.9 miles east to Westfield. Along the way the road makes a jog and turns into CR 32 (500N). Once you reach Westfield, make a left (north) on S. Division St. and then take the first left, Mulberry Street. Drive to the house at the end, 615 W. Mulberry St., the Hacker's. The land here levels higher than the land farther to the northeast.

I drove back out to S. Division St. and up north two houses to a nice big blue wood frame house. The backyard levels slightly higher than the house on Mulberry. I suspect that the highest land is near this big blue home, not the Hacker's home.

Note: When in this area, be sure to visit two of the HP's of Coles Co. just north of Westfield and just west of Westfield. There are additional areas in Coles County but you might as well grab these two when you are there. But don't go during high corn days like I did!