Weather camera to be installed on Bald Knob cross

ALTO PASS — Officials of a 111-foot cross in Alto Pass are allowing a small weather camera to be installed on top of the structure.

Steve McKeown, a member of the Bald Knob Cross of Peace Board of Directors, tells the Southern Illinoisan that it was an easy decision to let Earth Networks, which delivers weather information online, to place a Weatherbug camera on top of the cross in Alto Pass.

Not only will the camera give meteorologists another tool to monitor weather, but McKeown says it will also allow people to see the view online from the cross.

McKeown says the camera would also help encourage people who have never visited the structure to make a trek there.