Our Lady of the Angels School Fire Memorial
Our Lady of the Angels School Fire Memorial is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is WHPop, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.8 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
1958 school fire in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Wikidata Q644571, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Material
- marble
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 27.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- WHPop: 0.3 mi
- Central Playlot Park: 0.4 mi
- Orr Park: 0.4 mi
- Linden Park: 0.4 mi
- Frederick Harding Park: 0.4 mi
- Child Wild: 0.7 mi
- Horticulture Hall: 0.8 mi
- Artist’s Garden: 0.8 mi
- Garfield Park Conservatory: 0.8 mi
- Gravel Garden: 0.8 mi
- Bulls with Maidens (World's Fair Bulls): 0.8 mi
- Bulls with Maidens (World's Fair Bulls): 0.8 mi
- Persian Lilies: 0.8 mi
- Idyl: 0.8 mi
- Robert Burns Memorial: 1.1 mi
- National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture: 1.0 mi
- Chicago Center for Green Technology: 1.2 mi
- Busy Beaver Button Museum: 1.5 mi
- Walt Disney Birthplace House: 1.7 mi
- Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art: 1.9 mi
- Garfield Park Natural Area: 1.1 mi
- Bird & Butterfly Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 3.2 mi
- California Park Natural Area: 4.1 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 4.8 mi
- El Gran Combo: 1.3 mi
- Eddie Palmieri: 1.4 mi
- Norman Cornwall Memorial (WWI Obelisk): 1.4 mi
- Andres Jiménez: 1.5 mi
- Roy Brown: 1.6 mi
- Waller Apartments: 1.5 mi
- Castle Car Wash: 3.1 mi
- Gallager: 3.1 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 4.2 mi
- The Ledge: 4.6 mi
- Taylor Park Patio: 3.3 mi
- Horner Picnic Grove: 4.5 mi
- Horner Picnic Grove: 4.5 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 4.7 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 6: 4.7 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 1.1 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 5.1 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 5.6 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 6.3 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 6.4 mi
- Players Hill: 2.8 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 4.5 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 5.4 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 6.2 mi
- Hidden Hill: 7.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 9.6 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 18.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 20.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 16.7 mi
- Covington Bluff: 23.3 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 6.4 mi
- Tedens: 19.1 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Our Lady of the Angels School Fire Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 238° | 259 m | 21.7 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 259° | 255 m | 24.0 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 5° | 204 m | 8.8 mi |
| Players Hill | WSW 237° | 187 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/9816614986
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 2 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 3 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 3 mi
- Chicagoland · 4 mi
- Cicero · 4 mi
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