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Class of 1900 Memorial Bench

Class of 1900 Memorial Bench from directly overhead

Class of 1900 Memorial Bench is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 222 m. Blue Mound stands 214 m to the northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Anniversary Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

What the record says

Inscription
1900

How to reach it

Coordinates40.10924, -88.22782

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Anniversary Plaza: 0.0 mi
  • Alma Mater Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Main Quad: 0.1 mi
  • John Bardeen Engineering Quadrangle: 0.2 mi
  • Beckman Quadrangle: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 35
Historic sites: 16
Nature reserves: 16
Attractions: 4
Picnic sites: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Blue Mound: 7.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Class of 1900 Memorial Bench. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundNE214 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2519:4520:26
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1215:4816:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263041526372757467554131
Precip in2.32.22.83.94.84.64.53.53.43.33.22.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Champaign 3S, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5434361498

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