Elgin Fire Barn Number 5 Museum
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Elgin Fire Barn Number 5 Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 236 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is George Van De Voorde Fire Fighter Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway passes 9.7 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Fire Barn 5 or Fire Station 5 is a historic building in Elgin, Illinois. It was the fifth official fire barn in Elgin, originally housing horses and a fire fighting carriage. Over the years, the carriage was replaced by automobiles. The building is an example of Classical Revival architecture and operated as a fire station until 1991, the year it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It now functions as the Elgin Fire Barn No. 5 Museum, a museum of firefighting history.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q5451324, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 25.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fabyan Windmill · 11 mi
- Des Plaines River · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- George Van De Voorde Fire Fighter Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
- Garfield Community Park: 0.0 mi
- Trillium Park: 0.4 mi
- Drake Field Park: 0.4 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 0.4 mi
- Elgin National Watch Company: 0.5 mi
- Elgin Milk Condensing Company: 1.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- Illinois Watch Case Company: 1.8 mi
- Pratt's Castle: 2.4 mi
- Elgin Shores Forest Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Poplar Creek Forest Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Bluff Spring Fen: 1.0 mi
- Rolling Knolls: 2.0 mi
- Heron Woods State Habitat Area: 2.0 mi
- Continuum: 0.9 mi
- Parade Mural: 1.0 mi
- Droid 8508: 1.0 mi
- 1835 Expedition: 1.0 mi
- Another Thought Sculpture: 1.2 mi
- Elgin History Museum: 1.1 mi
- Elgin Public Museum: 1.2 mi
- Fox River Trolley Museum: 2.8 mi
- Bartlett Nature Center: 3.3 mi
- Hawthorne Hills Nature Center: 3.5 mi
- City Hall Raised Garden: 1.2 mi
- Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Sherman Natural Prairie and Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Spruce Trees Nursery: 5.6 mi
- Meditation Garden: 6.8 mi
- Jelkes Creek Bird Sanctuary: 4.2 mi
- Busse Lake Boating Center Grove 19: 12.3 mi
- Busse Lake Boating Center Grove 21: 12.5 mi
- Busse Lake Boating Center Grove 22: 12.6 mi
- Busse Lake Boating Center Grove 23: 12.6 mi
- Paintball Explosion: 4.5 mi
- Goebbert's Farm & Garden Center of South Barrington: 6.1 mi
- Steffan's Straight: 6.2 mi
- Monza Wall: 6.2 mi
- Serpentine: 6.3 mi
- Indian Trail Beach: 11.2 mi
- Whitney Shores Private Beach: 14.3 mi
- Main Beach: 14.8 mi
- West Beach: 15.2 mi
- Centennial Beach: 18.5 mi
- Heritage Park Sled Hill: 7.7 mi
- Johnson’s Mound: 13.9 mi
- Mount Hoy: 14.2 mi
- Pine Hill: 17.3 mi
- Hemlock Hill: 17.4 mi
- Weston: 12.8 mi
- Coltonville: 24.3 mi
- Brush Point: 24.8 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Elgin Fire Barn Number 5 Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson’s Mound | SW 216° | 273 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mounded Landfill | SSE 154° | 259 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Hoy | SSE 161° | 255 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 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 | 22 | 26 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elgin, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/601182310
Day trips start here
- Wheaton · 14 mi
- Aurora · 18 mi
- Lisle · 19 mi
- Downers Grove · 20 mi
- Naperville · 20 mi
- Oak Brook · 22 mi
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