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Bicentennial Liberty Bell

Bicentennial Liberty Bell from directly overhead

Bicentennial Liberty Bell is an artwork in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Creekside Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.9 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1976-07-04
Material
metal

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.82321, -87.84052

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Creekside Park: 0.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Maple South Park: 0.6 mi
  • Progress Park: 0.7 mi
  • Madlin Park: 0.7 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Family Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Kesman Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Broadview Community Garden: 2.4 mi
Attractions
  • Andean Condor: 0.6 mi
  • Mexican Gray Wolf: 0.6 mi
  • Pelican: 0.6 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 0.6 mi
  • Kill Site: 0.6 mi
Picnic sites
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 19
  • Players Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 13.7 mi
  • Lake Strini: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bicentennial Liberty Bell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 242°259 m13.8 mi
Mount HoyW 272°255 m17.5 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 27°204 m15.5 mi
Players HillNE 46°187 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272767568554231
Precip in1.51.51.93.64.14.03.64.02.83.52.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12015830873

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