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Elgin Public Museum

Elgin Public Museum from directly overhead

Elgin Public Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 241 m. Johnson’s Mound stands 273 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Lords Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 11 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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The Elgin Public Museum of Natural History and Anthropology is a natural history museum located in Elgin, Illinois. The museum, now over a hundred years old, is located within the 108-acre Lords Park.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5360050, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
241 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
donation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.04249, -88.26221

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lords Park: 0.2 mi
  • Elgin Academy Athletic Fields: 0.2 mi
  • Elgin National Little League: 0.3 mi
  • Clara Howard Park: 0.6 mi
  • Channing Park: 0.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Illinois Watch Case Company: 0.8 mi
  • Elgin National Watch Company: 1.2 mi
  • Elgin Milk Condensing Company: 1.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Pratt's Castle: 1.4 mi
Artworks
  • Another Thought Sculpture: 0.8 mi
  • Dance of Wonder: 0.8 mi
  • Droid 8508: 1.1 mi
  • Parade Mural: 1.2 mi
  • Continuum: 1.2 mi
Gardens
  • City Hall Raised Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Sherman Natural Prairie and Community Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Spruce Trees Nursery: 4.7 mi
  • Meditation Garden: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Attractions: 43
  • Paintball Explosion: 3.3 mi
  • Steffan's Straight: 5.2 mi
  • Goebbert's Farm & Garden Center of South Barrington: 5.3 mi
  • Monza Wall: 5.3 mi
  • Serpentine: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Indian Trail Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Whitney Shores Private Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Main Beach: 13.8 mi
  • West Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Lakeview Beach and Dock: 19.3 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Heritage Park Sled Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Johnson’s Mound: 15.0 mi
  • Mount Hoy: 15.1 mi
  • Pine Hill: 18.0 mi
  • Hemlock Hill: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rosemont Waterfall: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson’s MoundSW 215°273 m15.0 mi
Mounded LandfillSSE 156°259 m23.5 mi
Mount HoySSE 164°255 m15.1 mi
Bald KnobN 7°235 m23.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:1819:5120:33
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1915:4016:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222636485969747264523928
Precip in2.01.92.44.05.14.54.04.33.53.32.72.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elgin, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/553163937

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