Beach · Illinois

Waukegan Beach

Elevation, modelled: 177 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles: Gander Mountain283 m · 21.2 mi
Sunset, June solstice: 20:32local time
Coordinates: 42.3680, -87.8131

Waukegan Beach is a beach in Illinois, at a modelled 177 m. Gander Mountain stands 283 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Waukegan Municipal Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Gander Mountain	WNW 294°	283 m	21.2 mi
Bald Knob	W 274°	235 m	20.2 mi
Leahy Hill	NW 308°	234 m	6.4 mi
Mount Trashmore	SSE 167°	204 m	24.4 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums

The African American Museum at the England Manor: 0.9 mi
Waukegan History Museum at the Carnegie: 1.0 mi
Waukegan History Museum: 1.6 mi
National Museum of the American Sailor: 4.1 mi
Platen Press Printing Museum: 5.0 mi

Historic sites

Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 1.1 mi
Veterans Memorial Plaza: 1.3 mi
Ray Bradbury: 1.4 mi
Edison Court Station on the North Shore Line: 1.8 mi
Founders Memorial: 3.7 mi

Attractions

F-14 Tomcat: 4.5 mi
Sprocket Rockets: 6.0 mi
Goliath: 6.0 mi
Logger's Run: 6.1 mi
Fiddler's Fling: 6.1 mi

Beaches38

Peaks6

Leahy Hill: 6.4 mi
sled hill: 11.0 mi
Bald Knob: 20.2 mi
Gander Mountain: 21.2 mi
Mount Trashmore: 24.4 mi

Lighthouses4

Light 2: 4.3 mi
Light 1: 4.4 mi
Kenosha North Pierhead Light: 15.3 mi
Kenosha Light: 15.3 mi

Rest areas1

Kenosha Rest Area 26 (I-94 WB): 12.7 mi

Ghost towns1

Aurora: 15.2 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:55	18:27	19:04
June solstice	05:15	19:50	20:32
September equinox	06:39	18:13	18:50
December solstice	07:18	15:37	16:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Sources

OpenStreetMap record

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