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Dillon Home Museum

Dillon Home Museum from directly overhead

Dillon Home Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 203 m. Devils Backbone stands 274 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dillon Home, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway runs past it. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

building in Illinois, United States

Dates from 1980.

Wikidata Q7154182, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
203 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.79138, -89.68088

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dillon Home: 0.0 mi
  • Martin's Landing: 0.1 mi
  • Redfield Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 0.4 mi
  • Propheter Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves: 29
  • Spring Slough: 4.6 mi
  • Lake Como State Natural Area: 5.7 mi
  • Crow Valley Campground: 6.0 mi
  • Prairie Pothole: 6.5 mi
  • Plum Creek Natural Area: 9.9 mi
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 12
Artworks: 10
  • Eagle: 11.1 mi
  • President Ronald Reagan as a boy: 12.4 mi
  • Lincoln Highway Interpretive Mural: 19.9 mi
  • Paths of Conviction, Footsteps of Faith: 23.2 mi
  • Dolphin Boys: 23.3 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Thunderbolt Hill: 18.0 mi
  • Castle Rock: 19.9 mi
  • Devils Backbone: 21.7 mi
Attractions: 2
  • F-105D Thunderchief: 10.0 mi
  • Deck: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Wilderness Woods Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
  • Valley View Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Commissioners Garden: 1.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Ganymede Spring: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Devils BackboneNE 51°274 m21.7 mi
Castle RockNE 52°228 m19.9 mi
Thunderbolt HillWSW 241°194 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2519:5620:38
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
December solstice07:2415:4716:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212637496170747265523927
Precip in2.01.82.64.04.85.64.34.23.73.02.42.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dixon 1W, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 80001417OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site
  • National Register of Historic Places — Kirk, Col. Edward N., House, reference 80001417, listed 10/09/80.

OpenStreetMap element way/727254863

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