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Concrete Lady

Concrete Lady from directly overhead

Concrete Lady is an artwork in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Blue Mound stands 258 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Prairie on the Patio Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
concrete

How to reach it

Coordinates40.47460, -88.99472

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Marie Litta Park: 0.2 mi
  • Withers Park: 0.4 mi
  • Friendship Park: 0.5 mi
  • Emerson Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Museums: 16
Gardens: 13
Artworks: 10
  • Lincoln-Fell-Davis Statue: 0.6 mi
  • What's Your Passion?: 1.0 mi
  • Triple Helix Sculpture: 1.1 mi
  • Family with Dog: 1.1 mi
  • Aspiration Fountain: 1.2 mi
Historic sites: 8
Attractions: 4
  • Historic US Route 66 Sign: 0.9 mi
  • Memory Lane: 16.2 mi
  • J. H. Hawes Elevator: 19.4 mi
  • J.P. Hieronymus Carriage House: 19.4 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Blue Mound: 11.6 mi
  • Nichols Mound: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • F.R. Glasener Beach: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Mackinaw River Picnic Area.: 18.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Old Faithful: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundENE 77°258 m11.6 mi
Nichols MoundNW 313°205 m16.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2719:4920:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:5016:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232839516171747265523928
Precip in2.42.12.64.14.84.64.04.13.13.52.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bloomington 5W, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9906832083

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