Chicago Board of Trade Building Museum
Chicago Board of Trade Building Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Agriculture, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Dates from 1930.
Wikidata Q2224700, matched on coordinates and name (21 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- On the Historic Route 66, National
- 25.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Money Museum: 0.0 mi
- Color Factory: 0.2 mi
- Pritzker Military Museum & Library: 0.4 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 0.4 mi
- The Museum of Contemporary Photography: 0.5 mi
- Home Insurance Building Site: 0.1 mi
- Mayor Harold Washington: 0.2 mi
- Oscar O. D'Angelo Park: 0.3 mi
- Eternal Flame: 0.4 mi
- Spirit of Music (Theodore Thomas Memorial): 0.5 mi
- Weather Bell: 0.2 mi
- SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower: 0.2 mi
- The Ledge: 0.2 mi
- Begin Route 66: 0.4 mi
- Paris Metro Entryway (Metra): 0.4 mi
- Pritzker Park: 0.2 mi
- The Willis Terrace: 0.2 mi
- Northern Trust open space: 0.2 mi
- Printers Row Park: 0.3 mi
- Southbank Park: 0.3 mi
- Sir Georg Solti Garden: 0.4 mi
- Congress Triangle Garden: 0.5 mi
- Pritzker Garden: 0.5 mi
- Light Plate: 0.6 mi
- Lurie Garden: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 0.8 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 2.6 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 2.6 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 2.8 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 1.3 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 2.5 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 2.8 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 2.8 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 1.4 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 1.6 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 1.8 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 3.0 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 4.2 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 2.6 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.5 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 6.9 mi
- Players Hill: 7.0 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 14.1 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 23.1 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 8.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 18.2 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 20.7 mi
- Tedens: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chicago Board of Trade Building Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 339° | 204 m | 10.7 mi |
| Players Hill | W 269° | 187 m | 7.0 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 | 20:30 |
| 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 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12990167037
Day trips start here
- Chicago · 0 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 0 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 2 mi
- Chicago/Pilsen · 2 mi
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