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Irish American Heritage Center

Irish American Heritage Center from directly overhead

Irish American Heritage Center is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is ED2, a garden 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 7.1 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.96531, -87.74456

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Museums
Artworks
  • Quarks VI: 0.8 mi
  • Thomas Jefferson Statue: 1.0 mi
  • Samuel Gompers Monument: 1.1 mi
  • Hope and Renewal: 1.6 mi
  • Hope and Renewal: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Jefferson Park War Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Ella Labagh: 0.9 mi
  • Memorial of the Assyrian Martyrs: 1.2 mi
  • The Shrine of Assyrian Patriarchs & Bishops: 1.2 mi
  • Iroquois Theatre Fire Memorial: 1.3 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 19
  • Horner Park Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 4.5 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 3.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Irish American Heritage Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 227°259 m23.6 mi
Mount HoyWSW 248°255 m24.2 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 26°204 m4.5 mi
Players HillS 191°187 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

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, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/162462467

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