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McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum

McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum from directly overhead

McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 176 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of Fort Dearborn, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.6 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.88850, -87.62469

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Wendella Tours - Michigan Avenue: 0.1 mi
  • Wendella Tours - Dock 3: 0.1 mi
  • Wendella Tours - Dock 4: 0.1 mi
  • Shoreline Sightseeing: 0.1 mi
  • Museum of Ice Cream: 0.2 mi
Parks
Gardens
  • Limestone Glade: 0.5 mi
  • Light Plate: 0.5 mi
  • Lurie Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Dark Plate: 0.5 mi
  • Pritzker Garden: 0.6 mi
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Grove B: 0.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove C: 0.5 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 1.9 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 1.9 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 57
Peaks: 16
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 3.4 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Players Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreNNW 336°204 m10.2 mi
Players HillW 263°187 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/3572913469

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