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Anita Willets Burnham Log House

Anita Willets Burnham Log House from directly overhead

Anita Willets Burnham Log House is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Leahy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Crow Island Woods, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 16 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

home and studio of artist and author Anita Willets-Burnham

Wikidata Q15181191, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.10049, -87.74740

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
Gardens
  • Glencoe Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Community garden: 2.2 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 2.4 mi
  • West Fork Corridor Native Rain Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Mitsuzo and Kyoko Shida Evaluation Garden: 3.5 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 12
  • Mount Trashmore: 5.7 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 8.2 mi
  • sled hill: 8.9 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 11.1 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 9.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Anita Willets Burnham Log House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Leahy HillNNW 340°234 m24.0 mi
Mount TrashmoreSSE 158°204 m5.7 mi
Players HillS 184°187 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837475868737265534130
Precip in2.12.02.34.04.84.33.74.23.63.62.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/206261094

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