Weber Arch
Weber Arch is a historic site in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the southwest, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Two Forms (Divided Circle), 1969, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 12 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Private university in Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Dates from 1851.
Wikidata Q309350, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oldberg Park: 0.2 mi
- Centennial Park: 0.3 mi
- Northwestern Lakefill: 0.3 mi
- Cornelia Lunt Park: 0.3 mi
- Patriots Park: 0.5 mi
- Clark Street Beach: 0.2 mi
- Dog Beach: 0.3 mi
- North Beach: 0.7 mi
- Greenwood Street Beach: 0.7 mi
- Lee Street Beach: 1.1 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 0.4 mi
- Merrick Rose Garden: 0.7 mi
- Twiggs Canal Gardens: 1.2 mi
- McCormick Gardens: 1.3 mi
- Eggleston Park Food Forest: 1.4 mi
- Evanston History Center: 0.6 mi
- Evanston Ecology Center: 1.3 mi
- Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum: 2.3 mi
- Wilmette Historical Museum: 2.9 mi
- Kenilworth Historical Society: 3.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 0.4 mi
- Mahatma Gandhi: 1.8 mi
- Antoine Ouilmette: 2.1 mi
- Dr. Janusz Korczak: 2.3 mi
- Sharp Corners: 3.4 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 4.3 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 5.7 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 6.1 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 8.7 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 8.9 mi
- Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary: 0.2 mi
- Ladd Arboretum: 1.1 mi
- Perkins Woods Forest Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Elmwood Dunes Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Indian Boundary Nature Play Center: 3.0 mi
- Ackerman Park Picnic Tables: 1.8 mi
- Picnic: 2.5 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 4.7 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 3: 4.8 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Grove 6: 4.8 mi
- Two Forms (Divided Circle), 1969: 0.2 mi
- Interior Form, 1981: 0.2 mi
- Man Passing Through the Door, 1966: 0.2 mi
- Curved Form, 1961: 0.2 mi
- Resting Leaf, 1959: 0.2 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 2.4 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.4 mi
- Centennial Hill: 9.3 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.7 mi
- Hidden Hill: 11.1 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 4.5 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 10.2 mi
- Covington Bluff: 14.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Weber Arch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | SW 217° | 204 m | 2.4 mi |
| Players Hill | SSW 201° | 187 m | 13.0 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 | 20:31 |
| 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 | 24 | 28 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/534000450
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 9 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 10 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 11 mi
- Chicagoland · 11 mi
- Chicago · 12 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 12 mi
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