The Pillars
The Pillars is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is The Triangle, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.8 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 25.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 8 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio: 0.6 mi
- Austin Gardens Environmental Education Center: 0.8 mi
- Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum: 0.8 mi
- Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum of Natural History: 0.9 mi
- Wonder Works Children's Museum: 1.4 mi
- Greenleaf Garden: 1.4 mi
- Healing Garden: 1.4 mi
- West Cook Wild Ones Wildlife Corridoor: 1.5 mi
- Oak Park Apartments: 1.8 mi
- Triton College Botanical Garden: 1.9 mi
- The Triangle: 0.1 mi
- Priory Park: 0.3 mi
- Centennial Park: 0.4 mi
- Constitution Park: 0.6 mi
- Field Park: 0.6 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 5.5 mi
- Westman Beach: 9.5 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 9.6 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 9.8 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 10.1 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 0.9 mi
- Thatcher Woods Trailside Meuseum of Natural History: 1.0 mi
- Thatcher Woods: 1.0 mi
- Evans Field: 1.3 mi
- Maywood Grove Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Schiller Woods Magic Water Pump: 4.1 mi
- California Sea Lion: 4.6 mi
- Gray Seal: 4.6 mi
- Bactrian Camel: 4.6 mi
- Dolphin: 4.6 mi
- Shrouded Body: 0.1 mi
- Cougar Pride: 0.1 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright: 0.7 mi
- Well: 0.7 mi
- Moai: 0.8 mi
- Rotary Club of Oak Park & River Forest: 0.3 mi
- Everett Arthur Weidner: 0.3 mi
- Bill’s Tree: 0.6 mi
- Esmée Cromie de Bellalta: 0.6 mi
- Gold Star Men of the World War: 0.6 mi
- Taylor Park Patio: 1.3 mi
- Silver Creek Family Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
- Quercus Woods Family Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Fullerton Woods Family Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Indian Boundary Family Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Players Hill: 2.7 mi
- Hidden Hill: 4.0 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 4.3 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 7.2 mi
- Centennial Hill: 7.8 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 6.9 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 15.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 17.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 17.5 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 8.7 mi
- Lake Strini: 23.0 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 15.4 mi
- Covington Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Pillars. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 230° | 259 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WSW 257° | 255 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 32° | 204 m | 10.1 mi |
| Players Hill | SE 126° | 187 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/712790343
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 3 mi
- Berwyn · 4 mi
- Cicero · 4 mi
- Brookfield · 6 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 6 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 7 mi
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