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Franklin Street Bridge Monument

Franklin Street Bridge Monument from directly overhead

Franklin Street Bridge Monument is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Nichols Mound stands 205 m to the east, 19 miles off. Illinois River Road runs past it. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
iron

How to reach it

Coordinates40.68200, -89.59319

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Liberty Park: 0.5 mi
  • Eckwood Park: 0.6 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Park: 0.8 mi
  • James W. Baldwin RiverFront Festival Park: 0.8 mi
  • Fondulac District Library Reading Gardens: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves: 53
  • Purple Martin Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
  • Crevecoeur Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
  • Bennett's Terraqueous Gardens: 3.1 mi
  • Wymann Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
  • Riverhill Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
Artworks: 34
Historic sites: 27
Museums: 17
Gardens: 8
  • Skip Snyder Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Dayspring Community Park 4-H Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Luthy Botanical Garden: 2.7 mi
  • ICC Horticulture Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Oz Garden: 9.9 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Hazel's Hill: 8.4 mi
  • The Mound: 17.8 mi
  • Little Mound: 18.4 mi
  • Hickory Grove Hill: 19.3 mi
  • Nichols Mound: 19.3 mi
Attractions: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nichols MoundE 99°205 m19.3 mi
The MoundSSW 206°160 m17.8 mi
Hickory Grove HillSSW 205°152 m19.3 mi
Little MoundSSW 204°148 m18.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2819:5220:34
September equinox06:4718:2118:57
December solstice07:2015:5116:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263041536473767567554231
Precip in2.12.02.74.04.73.73.53.33.53.22.72.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — General Wayne A Downing Intl A, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4955094821

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