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Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum of Natural History

Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum of Natural History from directly overhead

Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum of Natural History is a museum in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 190 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Honor Roll, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.9 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
190 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Fee
No
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.89323, -87.82623

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Forest & Augusta Triangle Park: 0.3 mi
  • Keystone Park: 0.4 mi
  • Keystone Park: 0.4 mi
  • Centennial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Silver Creek Eagle Nest Park: 0.6 mi
Picnic sites
Artworks
  • Fred Hampton: 0.7 mi
  • Cougar Pride: 1.0 mi
  • Shrouded Body: 1.0 mi
  • Well: 1.3 mi
  • Frank Lloyd Wright: 1.3 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Healing Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Triton College Botanical Garden: 1.7 mi
  • West Cook Wild Ones Wildlife Corridoor: 2.3 mi
  • Greenleaf Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Lincoln School Garden: 2.4 mi
Attractions
  • Bactrian Camel: 4.1 mi
  • Przewalski's Horse: 4.1 mi
  • Grevy's Zebra: 4.1 mi
  • Short-Nosed Echidna: 4.1 mi
  • Wombat: 4.1 mi
Beaches: 57
Peaks: 20
  • Players Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 9.6 mi
  • Lake Strini: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum of Natural History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 229°259 m17.2 mi
Mount HoyWSW 257°255 m18.7 mi
Mount TrashmoreNE 35°204 m10.9 mi
Players HillESE 112°187 m3.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506171757466544131
Precip in2.02.02.53.84.54.13.74.23.23.42.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/284682428

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