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Kinder House

Kinder House from directly overhead

Kinder House is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Des Plaines History Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 15 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Des Plaines History Center

How to reach it

Coordinates42.03899, -87.88662

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Des Plaines History Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Wildwood Nature Center: 2.1 mi
  • Niles Historical Society: 3.0 mi
  • Mount Prospect Historical Society: 3.0 mi
  • Park Ridge Historical Society: 3.2 mi
Parks
  • Central Park: 0.1 mi
  • James Paroubek Park: 0.2 mi
  • Centennial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Potawatomie Park: 0.4 mi
  • Menominee Park: 0.5 mi
Picnic sites
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Statue of Liberty: 1.4 mi
  • Wing: 2.1 mi
  • Donald E. Stephens: 3.2 mi
  • Undercover History: 3.4 mi
  • City Windows: 4.1 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Beaches
Peaks: 19
  • Centennial Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Mount Trashmore: 9.4 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 10.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSSW 205°259 m23.5 mi
Mount HoySW 227°255 m20.8 mi
Mount TrashmoreE 97°204 m9.4 mi
Players HillSSE 152°187 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252938496070757366544130
Precip in1.31.31.83.33.84.03.23.73.03.12.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Palwaukee AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/431473605

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