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Chess Studio

Chess Studio from directly overhead

Chess Studio is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Blues Heaven Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.7 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.85362, -87.62426

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Blues Heaven Garden: 0.0 mi
  • McCormick Rooftop Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Daphne Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Welcome Garden: 1.0 mi
  • The Garden: 1.1 mi
Parks
Museums
Artworks
  • Jane Addams Memorial (Helping Hands): 0.3 mi
  • Nine Dragon Wall: 0.4 mi
  • Rat: 0.4 mi
  • Ox: 0.5 mi
  • Tiger: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Battle of Fort Dearborn: 0.4 mi
  • Robert R. McCormick: 0.4 mi
  • St. Clair Drake & Horace Cayton: 0.5 mi
  • Marjorie Stewart Joyner: 0.6 mi
  • Chinese American Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Sea Lion: 1.1 mi
  • Beluga: 1.1 mi
  • Penguins: 1.1 mi
  • Sea Otter: 1.1 mi
  • Dolphin: 1.1 mi
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Grove C: 2.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove B: 2.1 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 4.3 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 4.3 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 4.5 mi
Beaches: 59
Peaks: 19
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 1.4 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Players Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chess Studio. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 250°259 m24.9 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 340°204 m12.5 mi
Chanute HillSE 131°195 m24.6 mi
Players HillWNW 282°187 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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