La Grange Park Fire History Museum
La Grange Park Fire History Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.3 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
village in United States of America
Wikidata Q2358179, matched on coordinates and name (818 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- La Grange Park Fire History
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 21.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 3 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Poet's Corner: 0.3 mi
- Stone and Monroe Park: 0.5 mi
- Gordon Park: 0.5 mi
- Beach Oak Park: 0.5 mi
- La Grange Park Woods: 0.6 mi
- Salt Creek Woods: 1.2 mi
- Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Brookfield Woods Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Plank Road Meadow: 2.2 mi
- Torin's: 0.9 mi
- Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 1.3 mi
- Kesman Garden: 1.5 mi
- Fairy Garden: 1.6 mi
- Family Garden: 2.2 mi
- La Grange Area Historical Society: 1.2 mi
- Ekdahl House Museum: 1.5 mi
- Brookfield Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- Western Springs Water Tower: 1.7 mi
- Riverside Historical Museum: 2.8 mi
- Ehlert Park F-86 Sabre Korean Veterans Monument: 1.5 mi
- Cannon Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Kiwanis Club of Westchester: 2.0 mi
- Baboon Island: 2.1 mi
- The Chase Rock: 2.1 mi
- Prairie Spirit: 1.5 mi
- Bicentennial Liberty Bell: 1.7 mi
- Ant Hill: 1.9 mi
- Ant Hill: 1.9 mi
- Tree: 1.9 mi
- GoApe Ropes Course: 1.7 mi
- Golden Lion Tamarins: 1.9 mi
- Mexican Gray Wolf: 1.9 mi
- Saddle Billed Stork: 1.9 mi
- White Stork: 1.9 mi
- Westman Beach: 4.3 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 10.5 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 13.8 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 14.0 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 14.0 mi
- Players Hill: 6.5 mi
- Centennial Hill: 8.5 mi
- Hidden Hill: 8.9 mi
- Signal Hill: 9.2 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.3 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 9.4 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 11.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 11.7 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 14.8 mi
- Lake Strini: 16.9 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 9.9 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of La Grange Park Fire History Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 239° | 259 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 272° | 255 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNE 32° | 204 m | 16.3 mi |
| Players Hill | NE 56° | 187 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11108815780
Day trips start here
- Brookfield · 1 mi
- La Grange · 1 mi
- Western Springs · 1 mi
- Hinsdale · 3 mi
- Oak Brook · 3 mi
- Berwyn · 4 mi
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