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Money Museum

Money Museum from directly overhead

Money Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Chicago Board of Trade Building Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago, United States

Wikidata Q965251, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Operated by
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.87833, -87.63257

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Agriculture: 0.0 mi
  • Industry: 0.0 mi
  • Ceres: 0.1 mi
  • The Town-Ho's Story: 0.1 mi
  • Flamingo: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • The Willis Terrace: 0.2 mi
  • Northern Trust open space: 0.2 mi
  • Pritzker Park: 0.2 mi
  • Southbank Park: 0.4 mi
  • Printers Row Park: 0.4 mi
Gardens
  • Sir Georg Solti Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Congress Triangle Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Pritzker Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Light Plate: 0.6 mi
  • Lurie Garden: 0.6 mi
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Grove C: 0.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove B: 0.8 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 2.6 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 2.6 mi
  • Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 57
Peaks: 16
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 2.6 mi
  • Horner Park Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Players Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreNNW 340°204 m10.7 mi
Players HillW 268°187 m6.9 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/2979738790

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