Leather Archives and Museum
Leather Archives and Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the northwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is The Ruby Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.3 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
archives and museum of the Leather subculture
Dates from 1991.
Wikidata Q1435136, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Ruby Garden: 0.1 mi
- Winthrop Garden: 0.5 mi
- Quinlan Rooftop Garden: 0.6 mi
- Garden of Serenity: 1.3 mi
- Gateway Garden: 1.4 mi
- Jetty: 0.2 mi
- Mile of Murals: 0.5 mi
- Los Lobos de Loyola: 0.5 mi
- Arnold J. Damen, S.J.: 0.5 mi
- Chinese Armillary: 0.5 mi
- D'Elia Park: 0.3 mi
- Langdon Park: 0.4 mi
- Lazarus Park: 0.5 mi
- Emmerson Park: 0.5 mi
- McGee Park: 0.6 mi
- Salvadoran Martyrs Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Lombard Lamp: 2.4 mi
- Berlin Wall Monument: 2.5 mi
- Hutchinson Street District: 2.9 mi
- Jack Johnson: 2.9 mi
- Hartigan Beach: 0.6 mi
- North Shore Beach: 0.7 mi
- Helen Doria Beach: 0.7 mi
- Rosemont Avenue Beach: 0.7 mi
- Prinz Beach: 0.8 mi
- Loyola Dunes: 0.8 mi
- West Ridge Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Indian Boundary Nature Play Center: 1.5 mi
- Uptown Natural Area: 2.4 mi
- North Park Village - Walking Stick Woods Natural Area: 2.8 mi
- Edgewater Historical Society: 1.3 mi
- Swedish American Museum: 1.5 mi
- The Haitian American Museum of Chicago: 2.5 mi
- National Cambodian Heritage Museum: 2.6 mi
- North Park Village Nature Center: 3.0 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 17: 1.9 mi
- Peterson Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 16: 2.9 mi
- Horner Picnic Grove: 3.1 mi
- Horner Picnic Grove: 3.1 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 2.1 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 2.7 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 5.1 mi
- Polar Bears: 5.5 mi
- Eastern Black Rhinoceros: 5.5 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 2.6 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 3.0 mi
- Centennial Hill: 9.2 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.4 mi
- Hidden Hill: 9.7 mi
- Covington Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 24.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 1.3 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 9.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Leather Archives and Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NW 312° | 204 m | 2.6 mi |
| Players Hill | SSW 211° | 187 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/209953009
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 6 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 6 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 7 mi
- Chicagoland · 7 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 8 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 8 mi
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