Site of Fort Dearborn
Site of Fort Dearborn is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.6 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Fort Dearborn was a United States fort, first built in 1803 beside the Chicago River, in what is now Chicago, Illinois. It was constructed by U.S. troops under Captain John Whistler and named in honor of Henry Dearborn, then United States Secretary of War. The original fort was destroyed following the Battle of Fort Dearborn during the War of 1812, and a replacement Fort Dearborn was constructed on the same site in 1816 and decommissioned by 1837. Parts of the fort were lost to the widening of the Chicago River in 1855, and a fire in 1857. The last vestiges of Fort Dearborn were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The site of the fort is now a Chicago Landmark, located in the Michigan–Wacker Historic District, at the southern end of the DuSable Michigan Avenue Bridge.
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Dates from 1803.
Wikidata Q305286, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Radiance of Being: 0.0 mi
- Weather Station: 0.1 mi
- You Are on Potawatomi Land: 0.1 mi
- Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable: 0.1 mi
- Irv Kupcinet: 0.1 mi
- Wendella Tours - Michigan Avenue: 0.1 mi
- Wendella Tours - Dock 3: 0.1 mi
- Wendella Tours - Dock 4: 0.1 mi
- Shoreline Sightseeing: 0.1 mi
- Museum of Ice Cream: 0.2 mi
- Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite: 0.1 mi
- Heald Square Monument: 0.1 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- First Bridge at North Dearborn Street: 0.2 mi
- Yader "Yak" Castaneda: 0.3 mi
- Chicago Riverwalk: 0.2 mi
- The Marina: 0.2 mi
- Ogden Plaza: 0.3 mi
- The Cove: 0.3 mi
- The River Theater: 0.4 mi
- Light Plate: 0.5 mi
- Limestone Glade: 0.5 mi
- Lurie Garden: 0.5 mi
- Dark Plate: 0.5 mi
- Pritzker Garden: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 0.5 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 0.5 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 1.9 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 1.9 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 2.1 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool: 2.6 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 2.7 mi
- North Pond Nature Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 0.7 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 1.0 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 1.9 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 3.5 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 4.2 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 2.2 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 3.4 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.2 mi
- Players Hill: 7.4 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.5 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 14.0 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 21.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 7.6 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 19.0 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 21.4 mi
- Tedens: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of Fort Dearborn. 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 | 7.4 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.
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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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