- Elevation, modelled
- 180 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Mount Trashmore204 m · 13.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Historic Route 662.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 41.8473, -87.6172
Bessie Coleman is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled 180 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Monument to the Great Northern Migration, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.1 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bessie Coleman. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 340° | 204 m | 13.0 mi |
| Chanute Hill | SE 131° | 195 m | 24.1 mi |
| Players Hill | WNW 284° | 187 m | 8.0 mi |
- 2.1 mi off the Historic Route 66National
- 23.6 mi off the Lincoln HighwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Monument to the Great Northern Migration: 0.0 mi
- Marjorie Stewart Joyner: 0.0 mi
- St. Clair Drake & Horace Cayton: 0.0 mi
- Carter G. Woodson: 0.0 mi
- Nat King Cole: 0.1 mi
Museums
- Chess Studio: 0.6 mi
- Henry B. Clarke House: 0.7 mi
- Chinese American Museum of Chicago: 0.9 mi
- Field Museum: 1.3 mi
- Children's Museum of Art and Social Justice: 1.6 mi
Attractions
- Beluga: 1.4 mi
- Sea Lion: 1.4 mi
- Penguins: 1.4 mi
- Sea Otter: 1.4 mi
- Doane Observatory: 1.4 mi
Beaches: 53
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 0.8 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 1.3 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 2.1 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 3.2 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 3.3 mi
Peaks: 18
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 0.8 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 1.6 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 4.7 mi
- Players Hill: 8.0 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Rosemont Waterfall: 16.0 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 22.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Tedens: 21.1 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Near South · 1 mi
- Chicago · 2 mi
- Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown · 2 mi
- Chicago/Bronzeville · 2 mi
- Chicago/Pilsen · 2 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 3 mi
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