Italo Balbo Monument
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Italo Balbo Monument is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Chicago Police Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.2 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Balbo Monument consists of a column that is approximately 2,000 years old dating from between 117 and 38 BC and a contemporary stone base. It was taken from an ancient port town outside of Rome by Benito Mussolini and given to the city of Chicago in 1933 to honor the trans-Atlantic flight led by Italo Balbo to the Century of Progress Worlds Fair.
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Wikidata Q25050847, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Inscription
- This column twenty centuries old * * * Fascist Italy, by command of Benito Mussolini, presents to Chicago exaltation, symbol, memorial of the Atlantic Squadron led by Balbo that with Roman daring flew across the ocean * * *
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 24.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chicago Police Memorial: 0.0 mi
- CPD Paralyzed Officers Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Gold Star Families Memorial: 0.1 mi
- CPD K9 & Equine Memorial Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Special Olympics Flame of Hope Monument: 0.3 mi
- Walter Payton: 0.1 mi
- American Doughboy: 0.2 mi
- George Halas: 0.2 mi
- Geography Earth: 0.2 mi
- Culture Earth and Earth's Moon: 0.2 mi
- Daphne Garden: 0.3 mi
- Welcome Garden: 0.3 mi
- McCormick Rooftop Garden: 0.7 mi
- Blues Heaven Garden: 0.8 mi
- The Garden: 0.8 mi
- Field Museum: 0.4 mi
- Henry B. Clarke House: 0.5 mi
- Chess Studio: 0.8 mi
- The Museum of Contemporary Photography: 1.0 mi
- Play Street Meuseum: 1.1 mi
- Mark Twain Park: 0.4 mi
- Battle of Fort Dearborn Park: 0.4 mi
- Daniel Webster Park: 0.5 mi
- Chicago Women's Park and Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Prairie District Park: 0.6 mi
- Beluga: 0.4 mi
- Sea Lion: 0.4 mi
- Penguins: 0.4 mi
- Sea Otter: 0.4 mi
- Dolphin: 0.4 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 1.1 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 1.4 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 4.0 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 1.5 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 1.5 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 3.8 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 3.9 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 4.1 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 0.4 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 1.6 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 2.2 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 2.9 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 2.9 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 0.2 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 2.2 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 5.5 mi
- Players Hill: 8.0 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 8.0 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 15.5 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 21.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 9.5 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 18.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 19.5 mi
- Tedens: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Italo Balbo Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 337° | 204 m | 12.1 mi |
| Chanute Hill | SE 133° | 195 m | 24.6 mi |
| Players Hill | W 277° | 187 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/766721137
Day trips start here
- Chicago · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 1 mi
- Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown · 2 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 2 mi
- Chicago/Bronzeville · 3 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 3 mi
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