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Children's Discovery Museum

Children's Discovery Museum from directly overhead

Children's Discovery Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 239 m. Blue Mound stands 258 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The Circle, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.3 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.50915, -88.98393

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Circle: 0.0 mi
  • Watterson Towers Front Lawn: 0.2 mi
  • Stevenson Hall East Lawn: 0.2 mi
  • Stevenson Hall West Lawn: 0.3 mi
  • Anderson Park: 0.3 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Museums: 14
Artworks: 11
  • Second Globe Theatre: 0.4 mi
  • Aspiration Fountain: 1.3 mi
  • Family with Dog: 1.3 mi
  • Triple Helix Sculpture: 1.4 mi
  • What's Your Passion?: 1.4 mi
Historic sites: 8
Attractions: 4
  • Historic US Route 66 Sign: 3.3 mi
  • Memory Lane: 14.1 mi
  • J. H. Hawes Elevator: 21.6 mi
  • J.P. Hieronymus Carriage House: 21.6 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Blue Mound: 10.8 mi
  • Nichols Mound: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • F.R. Glasener Beach: 9.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Mackinaw River Picnic Area.: 18.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundE 88°258 m10.8 mi
Nichols MoundNW 305°205 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:4920:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506272757366544130
Precip in2.42.02.63.74.84.14.13.83.23.52.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Normal 4NE, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/561588826

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