Glencoe Historical Society
Glencoe Historical Society is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 206 m. Leahy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Eklund Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 18 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
railway station in Illinois
Dates from 1891.
Wikidata Q5568257, matched on coordinates and name (252 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Glencoe Historical Society
How to reach it
- 18.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eklund Garden: 0.0 mi
- Glencoe Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Mitsuzo and Kyoko Shida Evaluation Garden: 1.4 mi
- Kieunto Dry Garden: 1.6 mi
- Seifuto Dry Garden: 1.6 mi
- Glencoe Historical Society: 0.0 mi
- Anita Willets Burnham Log House: 2.4 mi
- Winnetka Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Hope Union Heritage Center: 3.3 mi
- Northfield Inn: 3.3 mi
- Friends Park: 0.1 mi
- Melvin Berlin Park: 0.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Henry J. Kalk Park: 0.2 mi
- Triangle Park: 0.3 mi
- Clara Dietz Bird Sanctuary: 0.4 mi
- Forest Way Grove: 0.8 mi
- Tower Road: 1.3 mi
- Turnbull Woods: 1.3 mi
- Tower Road Boat Launch: 1.5 mi
- Ravine Bluffs Street Markers: 0.6 mi
- Ravine Bluffs Street Markers: 0.7 mi
- Ravine Bluffs Street Markers: 0.7 mi
- Stone Lantern: 1.6 mi
- The Rookery: 1.6 mi
- Glencoe Beach: 0.7 mi
- Tower Road Beach: 1.9 mi
- Maple Street Beach: 2.3 mi
- Rosewood Beach: 2.3 mi
- Cherry Street Beach: 2.9 mi
- Forest Way Grove Picnic Shelter: 0.8 mi
- Turnbull Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 1.9 mi
- Erickson Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 2.2 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 4.0 mi
- Dixon Prairie: 1.6 mi
- The Woodland Edge: 1.7 mi
- The Sower Alcove: 1.8 mi
- Henry Demarest Lloyd: 2.0 mi
- Sam's tree: 2.4 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 1.8 mi
- The Magic Rock: 4.2 mi
- Plant identification trail: 6.9 mi
- Sugar Shack: 6.9 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 8.2 mi
- sled hill: 6.6 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 8.1 mi
- Centennial Hill: 9.8 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 12.5 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 13.0 mi
- Covington Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 10.8 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 11.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Glencoe Historical Society. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leahy Hill | NNW 339° | 234 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | SSE 160° | 204 m | 8.1 mi |
| Players Hill | S 181° | 187 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 24 | 28 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1213246383
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 15 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 16 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 17 mi
- Chicagoland · 17 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 18 mi
- Chicago · 19 mi
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