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Ella Labagh

Ella Labagh from directly overhead

Ella Labagh is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is La Bagh Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 7.9 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
Labagh Woods, Honoring, Ella Labagh, as a pioneer in establishing forest preserves

How to reach it

Coordinates41.97871, -87.74566

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Old Treaty Elm Historic Marker: 0.5 mi
  • Memorial of the Assyrian Martyrs: 0.6 mi
  • The Shrine of Assyrian Patriarchs & Bishops: 0.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Iroquois Theatre Fire Memorial: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • Samuel Gompers Monument: 0.9 mi
  • Thomas Jefferson Statue: 1.0 mi
  • Quarks VI: 1.1 mi
  • Edgebrook: 1.6 mi
  • Hope and Renewal: 1.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks: 19
  • Horner Park Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 3.7 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 3.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 225°259 m24.2 mi
Mount HoyWSW 246°255 m24.5 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 34°204 m3.7 mi
Players HillS 189°187 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506171757466544131
Precip in2.02.02.53.84.54.13.74.23.23.42.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6918518797

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