Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum
Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Moai, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.1 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
historic site in Oak Park, Illinois
Wikidata Q85747384, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Earnest Hemingway Foundation
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 8 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moai: 0.2 mi
- Natural Wonders: 0.2 mi
- Percy L. Julian: 0.3 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright: 0.3 mi
- Well: 0.3 mi
- Cheney Mansion: 0.2 mi
- Scoville Park: 0.2 mi
- Austin Gardens Park: 0.4 mi
- Cummings Square: 0.6 mi
- Mills Park: 0.6 mi
- T. Trevor Harris: 0.2 mi
- Jason Nabille Abdallah: 0.2 mi
- War Memorial Monument: 0.2 mi
- Bill Stone: 0.2 mi
- Clarence W. Schilke: 0.2 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio: 0.3 mi
- Austin Gardens Environmental Education Center: 0.4 mi
- Oak Park River Forest Museum: 0.9 mi
- Wonder Works Children's Museum: 1.2 mi
- Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum of Natural History: 1.6 mi
- West Cook Wild Ones Wildlife Corridoor: 0.7 mi
- Greenleaf Garden: 0.8 mi
- Oak Park Apartments: 1.0 mi
- Oak Park Apartments: 1.0 mi
- Healing Garden: 1.1 mi
- Taylor Park Patio: 0.9 mi
- Thatcher Woods Grove #1: 1.8 mi
- Thatcher Woods Grove #2: 1.9 mi
- Maywood Grove Grove #1: 1.9 mi
- Quercus Woods Family Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
- Thatcher Woods Trailside Meuseum of Natural History: 1.7 mi
- Thatcher Woods: 1.7 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 1.7 mi
- G.A.R. Woods: 1.7 mi
- Bird & Butterfly Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
- California Sea Lion: 4.5 mi
- Gray Seal: 4.5 mi
- Dolphin: 4.5 mi
- California Sea Lion: 4.5 mi
- Gray Seal: 4.5 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 4.8 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 8.9 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 9.4 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 9.4 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 9.8 mi
- Players Hill: 1.8 mi
- Hidden Hill: 4.7 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 5.0 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.9 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 8.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 7.6 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 15.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 17.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 17.6 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 8.5 mi
- Lake Strini: 23.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 15.1 mi
- Covington Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Tedens: 16.5 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 233° | 259 m | 18.4 mi |
| Mount Hoy | WSW 258° | 255 m | 20.3 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 27° | 204 m | 10.1 mi |
| Players Hill | SE 130° | 187 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/477503334
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 2 mi
- Berwyn · 3 mi
- Cicero · 4 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 5 mi
- Brookfield · 6 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 6 mi
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