Alta
Alta is an unincorporated community on the northwest border of Peoria in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Alta is 8 miles north-northwest of downtown Peoria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Illinois
- Also known as: “Alta, IL” and “Alta, Illinois”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport and Wheels O’ Time Museum.
Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport
Aerodrome
Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport is a public use airport located seven nautical miles north of the central business district of Peoria, a city in Peoria County, Illinois, United States.
Wheels O’ Time Museum
Museum
Wheels O' Time Museum is a museum in Medina Township, Peoria County, Illinois, United States, with a Dunlap postal address. Wheels O’ Time Museum is situated 2 miles northeast of Alta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mossville and Dunlap.
Mossville
Hamlet
Mossville is an unincorporated community and Census-designated place between Peoria and Chillicothe in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Mossville is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area and resides closely to the northern part of Peoria. Mossville is situated 3½ miles east of Alta.
Dunlap
Village
Photo: Rmassey53, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunlap is a village in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 1,386 people as of the 2010 census. Dunlap is part of the Peoria metropolitan area and growth in the city of Peoria is extending towards the village. Dunlap is situated 4 miles northwest of Alta.
Peoria Heights
Hamlet
Photo: Roger Wollstadt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Peoria Heights is a village lying in Peoria County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 6,156 at the 2010 census, down from 6,635 in 2000. Peoria Heights is situated 5 miles southeast of Alta.
Alta
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Medina Township, Peoria, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.81087° or 40° 48′ 39″ northLongitude
-89.63427° or 89° 38′ 3″ westElevation
751 feet (229 metres)Open location code
86GGR968+87OpenStreetMap ID
node 153741260OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Alta” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿爾塔 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “阿爾塔”
- French: “Alta”
- Irish: “Alta”
- Persian: “التا، ایلینواز”
- Persian: “التا”
- South Azerbaijani: “آلتا، ایلینوی”
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