Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
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Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.7 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite is the location where, around the 1780s, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable located his home and extensive trading post. This home is generally considered to be the first permanent, non-native residence in Chicago, Illinois. A National Historic Landmark, the site of Point du Sable's homestead is now partially occupied by and commemorated in Pioneer Court, off DuSable Bridge at 401 N. Michigan Avenue in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois.
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Wikidata Q6170210, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable: 0.0 mi
- Jack Brickhouse: 0.0 mi
- Weather Station: 0.1 mi
- Wings of Mexico: 0.1 mi
- You Are on Potawatomi Land: 0.1 mi
- Wendella Tours - Michigan Avenue: 0.0 mi
- Shoreline Sightseeing: 0.1 mi
- Museum of Ice Cream: 0.1 mi
- Wendella Tours - Dock 3: 0.1 mi
- Wendella Tours - Dock 4: 0.1 mi
- Site of Fort Dearborn: 0.1 mi
- Heald Square Monument: 0.2 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- First Bridge at North Dearborn Street: 0.3 mi
- U.S. Navy Submarine Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Ogden Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Chicago Riverwalk: 0.3 mi
- The Marina: 0.3 mi
- Riverwalk East: 0.3 mi
- The Cove: 0.4 mi
- Limestone Glade: 0.5 mi
- Light Plate: 0.6 mi
- Lurie Garden: 0.6 mi
- Dark Plate: 0.6 mi
- Anne & John Kern Terrace Garden: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 0.5 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 0.6 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 1.8 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 1.9 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 2.1 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 2.0 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool: 2.5 mi
- North Pond Nature Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 0.6 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 0.9 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 1.9 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 3.6 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 4.3 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 2.2 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 3.5 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.1 mi
- Players Hill: 7.5 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.5 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 14.0 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 21.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 23.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 7.5 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 19.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 21.5 mi
- Tedens: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 336° | 204 m | 10.2 mi |
| Players Hill | W 263° | 187 m | 7.5 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 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 76000690OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Point, Homesite, reference 76000690, listed 05/11/76.
OpenStreetMap element node/5703173608
Day trips start here
- Chicago · 1 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 2 mi
- Chicagoland · 2 mi
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