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Lincoln Herndon Law Office

Lincoln Herndon Law Office from directly overhead

Lincoln Herndon Law Office is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Family Statue, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

building in Springfield, Illinois, United States

Wikidata Q6550421, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.80035, -89.64814

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 52
  • Lincoln Family Statue: 0.0 mi
  • Old State Capitol: 0.1 mi
  • 1908 Race Riot Tour Marker - Loper's Restaurant: 0.1 mi
  • 1908 Race Riot Tour Marker - Payne's Hardware: 0.1 mi
  • 1908 Race Riot Tour Marker - The Levee: 0.1 mi
Artworks: 50
Gardens: 20
  • Enos Park Sculpture Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Garden of Hope: 0.8 mi
  • Motherland Gardens: 0.8 mi
  • The Neighborhood Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Vinegar Hill Community Garden: 1.0 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Lincoln's Home: 0.3 mi
  • Route 66 Experience: 2.3 mi
  • High Dive Show: 2.3 mi
  • Milk a Cow: 2.4 mi
  • Lauterbach Man Statue: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Peaks: 5
  • Cotton Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Walnut Hill: 13.4 mi
  • Yellow Hammer Knob: 17.6 mi
  • Elkhart Hill: 17.9 mi
  • Polecat Hill: 21.9 mi
Springs: 1
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elkhart HillNNE 32°221 m17.9 mi
Walnut HillNNE 24°197 m13.4 mi
Polecat HillNNE 15°187 m21.9 mi
Cotton HillSSE 155°186 m9.2 mi
Yellow Hammer KnobE 90°183 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3119:5020:31
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:1715:5516:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273142536373767467554333
Precip in2.22.23.04.15.15.04.42.93.13.13.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield #2, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/129946363

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