Graue House
Graue House is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Graue Mill, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.0 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The restored Frederick Graue House was the 1850s Victorian home of the Graue family.
What the record says
- Built
- 1850
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 19.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 5 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Graue Mill: 0.0 mi
- Fullersburg Woods Nature Education Center: 0.5 mi
- Hinsdale Historical Society: 1.2 mi
- Historical Society Oak Brook: 1.3 mi
- Western Springs Water Tower: 1.5 mi
- Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Salt Creek Woods: 1.7 mi
- Mayslake Forest Preserve: 1.7 mi
- La Grange Park Woods: 2.6 mi
- Dean Nature Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
- Burns Field Park: 0.9 mi
- Sereda Park: 0.9 mi
- Laidlaw Park: 1.1 mi
- Peirce Park: 1.1 mi
- Peirce Park Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Torin's: 1.9 mi
- Sally Schulz Memorial Butterfly Garden: 2.4 mi
- Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 4.1 mi
- Kesman Garden: 4.1 mi
- GoApe Ropes Course: 1.1 mi
- Mayslake Peabody Estate: 1.8 mi
- Al Capone's Gravesite: 3.2 mi
- Bishop's Mausoleum: 3.4 mi
- Golden Lion Tamarins: 4.6 mi
- Türkân Ilkdemirci: 2.5 mi
- Lilly: 2.6 mi
- Tom Hardies & Otis: 2.6 mi
- The McCabes: 2.6 mi
- Jean: 2.7 mi
- Prairie Spirit: 4.3 mi
- Bicentennial Liberty Bell: 4.5 mi
- Ant Hill: 4.7 mi
- Tree: 4.7 mi
- Elephant: 4.7 mi
- Westman Beach: 1.5 mi
- Centennial Beach: 12.3 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 13.0 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 16.6 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 16.7 mi
- Centennial Hill: 7.8 mi
- Spruce Hill: 8.0 mi
- Hemlock Hill: 8.0 mi
- Pine Hill: 8.1 mi
- Signal Hill: 8.2 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 8.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 9.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 9.8 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 12.3 mi
- Lake Strini: 14.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 16.9 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 10.2 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Graue House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | SW 232° | 259 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 274° | 255 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NE 39° | 204 m | 18.1 mi |
| Players Hill | ENE 65° | 187 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/622476795
Day trips start here
- Hinsdale · 1 mi
- Oak Brook · 1 mi
- La Grange · 3 mi
- Western Springs · 3 mi
- Brookfield · 4 mi
- Downers Grove · 4 mi
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