- Elevation, modelled
- 190 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Platte Mounds435 m · 24.4 mi
- Nearest byway
- Grant Wood Scenic Byway10.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:43local time
- Coordinates
- 42.4116, -90.4330
Chicago Athenaeum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled 190 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Linmar Gardens, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Grant Wood Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
museum of architecture and design in Illinois, US
Dates from 1988.
Wikidata Q19866505, matched on coordinates and name (4 m apart).
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chicago Athenaeum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | N 3° | 435 m | 24.4 mi |
| Little Mound | N 5° | 389 m | 24.3 mi |
| White Hill | NE 49° | 381 m | 13.8 mi |
| Charles Mound | ENE 57° | 374 m | 11.7 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | NW 306° | 374 m | 22.9 mi |
| Benton Mound | E 93° | 367 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mount Sumner | ENE 75° | 357 m | 15.3 mi |
| Scales Mound | ENE 65° | 356 m | 9.1 mi |
- 10.6 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- On the Great River RoadNational
Overlooks nearby
- Horseshoe Bluff · 11 mi
- Inspiration Point · 11 mi
- Bellevue Overlook · 11 mi
- River Viewing Point · 14 mi
103 named places within 25 miles
- Linmar Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Galena Trolley Tours: 0.2 mi
- General Store: 0.5 mi
- Henry W. Miller House: 2.8 mi
- Culvert Road Tunnel: 8.8 mi
- Julia Dent Grant: 0.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Revolutionary War Patriots: 10.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Bellevue War Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Belvedere Mansion and Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Galena & U.S. Grant Museum: 0.3 mi
- Washburne House State Historic Site: 0.3 mi
- Old Market House: 0.4 mi
- General Grants Home: 0.4 mi
- Dygerts Mound: 1.8 mi
- Horseshoe Mound: 2.0 mi
- Pilot Knob: 2.6 mi
- Scales Mound: 9.1 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 9.6 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 4.2 mi
- Apple Canyon Waterfall: 13.6 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 22.7 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 5.4 mi
- Santa Fe Beach: 23.5 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 12.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:00 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:47 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 13 mi
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