Ansel B. Cook House
Ansel B. Cook House is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 215 m. Gander Mountain stands 283 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cook Park Playground, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cook Park Playground: 0.0 mi
- Roundout Train Robbery: 3.1 mi
- Amos Bennett: First African American Settler in Lake County: 5.4 mi
- Hank Salemi Memorial: 5.8 mi
- M47 Tank: 6.1 mi
- Cook Memorial Rose Garden Park: 0.0 mi
- St.Joeseph Park: 0.2 mi
- Butler Lake Picnic Park: 0.5 mi
- Libertyville Township Park: 0.5 mi
- Butler Lake Park: 0.6 mi
- Seavey Ditch Restoration project: 1.7 mi
- Seavey Ditch Restoration Project: 1.7 mi
- Seavey Ditch Restoration Project: 1.8 mi
- Route 137 Open Space: 2.1 mi
- Old School Forest Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Our lady of Mt. Carmel Garden: 2.0 mi
- Ed, Olga and JJ Rogan Tribute Garden: 2.4 mi
- Vernon Hills Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- St. Mary of Vernon Garden: 4.2 mi
- Elawa Farm: 4.3 mi
- Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County: 2.2 mi
- Cuneo Mansion: 2.6 mi
- Lake Bluff History Museum: 5.8 mi
- Legacy Museum: 5.8 mi
- Grayslake Historical Museum: 5.9 mi
- Round Entry Door: 2.7 mi
- The Beatitudes & Ten Comandments: 3.0 mi
- Polar Bear Statue: 3.4 mi
- The Dawning: 7.8 mi
- Butterfly Statue: 7.9 mi
- Lake County Fairgrounds: 3.6 mi
- Raging Bull: 5.5 mi
- Krazy Kars: 5.5 mi
- Justice League: Battle for Metropolis: 5.5 mi
- Giant Drop: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 5.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Potawatomi Woods Grove #1: 10.4 mi
- Deer Grove East Picnic Shelter 4: 10.9 mi
- Deer Grove East Picnic Shelter 3: 10.9 mi
- Minear Lake Beach: 0.6 mi
- Minear Lake Beach: 0.6 mi
- Independence Grove Beach: 1.7 mi
- Diamond Lake Beach: 3.6 mi
- Lakeview Beach and Dock: 3.8 mi
- sled hill: 8.1 mi
- Leahy Hill: 9.8 mi
- Bald Knob: 14.5 mi
- Gander Mountain: 18.7 mi
- Centennial Hill: 20.1 mi
- Light 1: 6.7 mi
- Light 2: 6.8 mi
- Kenosha Light: 22.1 mi
- Kenosha North Pierhead Light: 22.1 mi
- Covington Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Kenosha Rest Area 26 (I-94 WB): 16.2 mi
- Aurora: 20.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 21.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ansel B. Cook House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gander Mountain | NW 320° | 283 m | 18.7 mi |
| Hill Fifteen | NW 305° | 276 m | 20.9 mi |
| Camelback Kame | WNW 296° | 268 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mount Moriah | NW 316° | 257 m | 22.6 mi |
| Bald Knob | WNW 298° | 235 m | 14.5 mi |
| Leahy Hill | NNE 13° | 234 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | SE 145° | 204 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 23 | 26 | 36 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 29 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waukegan, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 28 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 29 mi
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