- Elevation, modelled
- 179 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mount Trashmore204 m · 10.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 66on it
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 41.8815, -87.6215
Dark Plate is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled 179 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Lurie Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dark Plate. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 336° | 204 m | 10.7 mi |
| Players Hill | W 267° | 187 m | 7.5 mi |
- On the Historic Route 66National
- 25.9 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Lurie Garden: 0.0 mi
- Light Plate: 0.0 mi
- Pritzker Garden: 0.1 mi
- Sir Georg Solti Garden: 0.3 mi
- North Rose Garden: 0.3 mi
Artworks
- Chicago Stock Exchange Arch: 0.1 mi
- Interconnected: 0.1 mi
- Untitled: 0.1 mi
- Cloud Gate: 0.1 mi
- In Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic: 0.1 mi
Parks
- Millennium Park: 0.1 mi
- North Garden: 0.1 mi
- Butler Field: 0.2 mi
- Maggie Daley Park: 0.2 mi
- South Garden: 0.2 mi
Attractions
- City Mini Golf: 0.1 mi
- Begin Route 66: 0.2 mi
- Paris Metro Entryway (Metra): 0.3 mi
- Buckingham Fountain: 0.4 mi
- Weather Bell: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
- Edward B. Butler: 0.1 mi
- Millennium Monument: 0.2 mi
- Yader "Yak" Castaneda: 0.3 mi
- Federal Building Columns: 0.3 mi
- Federal Building Columns: 0.3 mi
Museums
- Pritzker Military Museum & Library: 0.2 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 0.3 mi
- American Writers Museum: 0.3 mi
- Chicago Architecture Center: 0.5 mi
- McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum: 0.5 mi
Picnic sites
- Picnic Grove C: 0.2 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 0.2 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 2.4 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 2.4 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 2.5 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 2.6 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 2.8 mi
Beaches: 57
- Ohio Street Beach: 0.9 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 1.4 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 1.5 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 3.0 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 4.4 mi
Peaks: 16
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 3.0 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.6 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.0 mi
- Players Hill: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Rosemont Waterfall: 14.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 21.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 23.7 mi
Springs: 1
- Rain Garden Springs: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Swallow Cliffs: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Tedens: 22.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Day trips start here
- Chicago · 1 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 2 mi
- Chicagoland · 2 mi
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