Original Lake Michigan Shoreline
Original Lake Michigan Shoreline is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Park - Grove 8, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.4 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- This ridge is an ancient beach or sand bar of Lake Michigan whose waters reached this point 8,000 years ago when the lake level was 20 feet higher than now. Clark Street runs north atop this ridge. The park ponds lie between such old beaches, abandoned by
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 29.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lincoln Park - Grove 8: 0.0 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 10: 0.2 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 13: 0.6 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 6: 0.6 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 0.7 mi
- North Pond Nature Sanctuary: 0.0 mi
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool: 0.3 mi
- Diversey Natural Area: 0.6 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 1.7 mi
- Richard Oglesby Monument: 0.1 mi
- Bison: 0.2 mi
- Memorial to Extinct Birds: 0.2 mi
- Steel Roots: 0.2 mi
- Alexander Hamilton Monument: 0.2 mi
- Abandoned Lake Michigan Shoreline: 0.1 mi
- John Caldwell Meeker: 0.6 mi
- Eugene Field Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Martha Wilson Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Reva Logan Gardens: 0.6 mi
- The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum: 0.2 mi
- Chicago History Museum: 1.2 mi
- International Museum of Surgical Science: 1.4 mi
- Charnley-Pesky House Museum: 1.5 mi
- Chicago Sports Museum: 2.2 mi
- Shrine Meditation Garden: 0.2 mi
- Mid-North Park: 0.4 mi
- Dad's Park: 0.4 mi
- Alcott Park: 0.5 mi
- Lincoln Common Playground: 0.6 mi
- Polar Bears: 0.4 mi
- Eastern Black Rhinoceros: 0.4 mi
- Aardvark: 0.4 mi
- Meerkat: 0.4 mi
- Giraffe, Plains Zebra: 0.4 mi
- Oz Park Garden: 0.7 mi
- AIDS Garden Chicago: 0.7 mi
- David M. McKay Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
- DePaul Urban Garden: 0.9 mi
- Panzer Garden: 1.0 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 1.9 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 2.7 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 2.8 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 3.8 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 4.1 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 3.8 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 5.0 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 6.0 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 7.4 mi
- Players Hill: 7.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 12.3 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 22.9 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 20.8 mi
- Covington Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 4.9 mi
- Tedens: 23.7 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Original Lake Michigan Shoreline. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 332° | 204 m | 7.4 mi |
| Players Hill | WSW 241° | 187 m | 7.7 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9866639343
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Near North · 2 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 2 mi
- Chicagoland · 2 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 3 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 3 mi
- Chicago · 4 mi
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