DuPage County Historical Museum
DuPage County Historical Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Adams Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The DuPage County Historical Museum, formerly the Adams Memorial Library, is a building designed by Charles Sumner Frost in Wheaton, Illinois, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q5310000, matched on coordinates and name (1 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 10.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fabyan Windmill · 10 mi
- Des Plaines River · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Adams Park: 0.1 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Clocktower Commons: 0.2 mi
- Central Park: 0.4 mi
- Hillside Tot Lot: 0.4 mi
- The Courtyard: 0.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 2.5 mi
- Idea Garden: 2.5 mi
- Octagon Garden Southeast: 2.6 mi
- Four Seasons Garden: 3.5 mi
- DuPage County Veterans Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Memorial Park Monument: 3.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Plaza: 4.5 mi
- Heaven’s Brigade and All Heroes: 5.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Belleau Woods Forest Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Willowbrook Forest Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Perry Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Ellynwood Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Winfield Mounds Forest Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Cleve Carney Museum of Art: 2.5 mi
- Robert Rutherford McCormick Mansion Museum: 2.5 mi
- Glen Ellyn Historical Society: 2.7 mi
- First Infantry Division Museum: 2.7 mi
- Hedges Station: 2.8 mi
- Lion of Cantigny: 2.7 mi
- Search: 3.8 mi
- Four Columns: 4.2 mi
- Strata: 4.3 mi
- Carol Stream Arch: 4.4 mi
- East Picnic Shelter: 3.1 mi
- South Picnic Shelter: 3.3 mi
- West Picnic Shelter: 3.4 mi
- Stand Alone Fireplace: 7.9 mi
- Bemis Woods North Picnic Shelter Grove 4: 10.5 mi
- St. James Farm Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Mayslake Peabody Estate: 7.9 mi
- Bishop's Mausoleum: 10.2 mi
- Al Capone's Gravesite: 10.3 mi
- GoApe Ropes Course: 10.8 mi
- Pine Hill: 3.6 mi
- Hemlock Hill: 3.7 mi
- Spruce Hill: 3.7 mi
- Mount Hoy: 4.5 mi
- Rotary Hill: 7.1 mi
- Centennial Beach: 7.1 mi
- Westman Beach: 8.6 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 20.9 mi
- Whitney Shores Private Beach: 22.6 mi
- Michigan Beach: 24.3 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 13.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 13.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 13.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 15.4 mi
- Lake Strini: 15.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 23.0 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of DuPage County Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson’s Mound | W 270° | 273 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mounded Landfill | S 171° | 259 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WSW 238° | 255 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | ENE 62° | 204 m | 23.3 mi |
| Players Hill | E 88° | 187 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 23 | 26 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lisle - Morton Arboretum, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/302526300
Day trips start here
- Wheaton · 1 mi
- Lisle · 5 mi
- Downers Grove · 6 mi
- Naperville · 9 mi
- Oak Brook · 9 mi
- Woodridge · 9 mi
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