Lemont Area Historical Society Museum
Lemont Area Historical Society Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Boy Scouts Training Field, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.7 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
railway station in Illinois
Dates from 1859.
Wikidata Q6521419, matched on coordinates and name (209 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lemont Area Historical Society
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 10.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 11 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 21 mi
- Viewing area · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Boy Scouts Training Field: 0.3 mi
- Brown Park: 0.3 mi
- Virginia Reed Park: 0.4 mi
- St Cyril's Park: 0.4 mi
- Hilltop Park: 0.6 mi
- The Forge: Lemont Quarries: 1.4 mi
- Mayslake Peabody Estate: 10.9 mi
- GoApe Ropes Course: 11.4 mi
- Schmuhl School: 11.8 mi
- Mexican Gray Wolf: 13.8 mi
- Balancing Beam: 2.7 mi
- Unknown: 2.7 mi
- Unknown: 2.7 mi
- Unknown: 2.7 mi
- Sister 2: 2.8 mi
- Nuclear Energy Exhibition Hall: 3.0 mi
- Sagawau Environmental Learning Center: 4.0 mi
- Isle La Cache Museum: 4.2 mi
- National Shrine Museum of St. Thesese: 4.3 mi
- Romeoville Area Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- ZGS Piston: 3.3 mi
- Chicago Pile 1 Site A: 5.0 mi
- Chicago Pile 1 Plot M: 5.2 mi
- Reggie Leslie: 5.7 mi
- Piotr Przeslica: 5.7 mi
- Wingren: 3.9 mi
- Oak Savanna: 5.4 mi
- Hurwitz Memorial Garden: 7.8 mi
- Sandy Dawe Memorial Butterfly Garden: 8.0 mi
- Herb Garden: 8.0 mi
- Tampier Lake Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 5.0 mi
- Red Gate Woods: 5.2 mi
- Wolf Road Woods: 5.8 mi
- Pulaski Woods: 5.9 mi
- Tampier Greenway Family Picnic Area Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 6.0 mi
- Signal Hill: 3.2 mi
- Centennial Hill: 4.2 mi
- Mounded Landfill: 5.7 mi
- Rotary Hill: 10.4 mi
- Spruce Hill: 10.7 mi
- Westman Beach: 10.0 mi
- Centennial Beach: 10.5 mi
- Michigan Beach: 11.3 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 22.2 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 23.2 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 21.7 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 22.7 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 22.8 mi
- Three Rivers Rest Area (Westbound): 23.1 mi
- Three Rivers Rest Area (Eastbound): 24.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 1.2 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 1.2 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 2.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 23.1 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 7.1 mi
- Kankakee Bluffs: 23.2 mi
- Lake Strini: 5.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lemont Area Historical Society Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | NW 314° | 259 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Hoy | NW 320° | 255 m | 14.4 mi |
| Players Hill | NE 40° | 187 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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 | 24 | 28 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Romeoville WFO, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/568828999
Day trips start here
- Lemont · 1 mi
- Bolingbrook · 5 mi
- Woodridge · 5 mi
- Downers Grove · 9 mi
- Lisle · 9 mi
- Hinsdale · 10 mi
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