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Monument Honoring Fallen Police Officers and Firefighters of Kankakee County

Monument Honoring Fallen Police Officers and Firefighters of Kankakee County from directly overhead

Monument Honoring Fallen Police Officers and Firefighters of Kankakee County is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Pilot Hill stands 227 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Flag Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 19 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

city in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States

Dates from 1853.

Wikidata Q578351, matched on coordinates and name (33 m apart).

What the record says

Built
2003
Material
granite

How to reach it

Coordinates41.11971, -87.86010

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Riverview Historic District: 0.5 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.5 mi
  • Snow Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Schuyler Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks: 19
Historic sites: 8
Museums: 8
  • Kankakee County Museum: 1.1 mi
  • Exploration Station Children's Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Bourbonnais Grove Historical: 3.0 mi
  • Wilmington Historical Society Building: 19.8 mi
  • Braidwood Area Historical Society: 21.1 mi
Attractions: 8
Peaks: 3
  • Mount Langham: 6.1 mi
  • Pilot Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Big Hill: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monument Honoring Fallen Police Officers and Firefighters of Kankakee County. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot HillSW 236°227 m11.3 mi
Mount LanghamSE 132°221 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:2019:4720:28
September equinox06:4018:1418:50
December solstice07:1415:4216:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242839506272757367544130
Precip in2.41.92.53.95.15.24.73.83.63.42.82.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kankakee Metro Wastewater, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6515674549

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