Museum of Broadcast Communications
Museum of Broadcast Communications is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Park at 150 N Riverside, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.4 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
museum
Dates from 1987.
Wikidata Q840284, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Park at 150 N Riverside: 0.0 mi
- Riverpoint: 0.1 mi
- The Boardwalk - Confluence: 0.2 mi
- Wolf Point Riverwalk: 0.2 mi
- The Jetty: 0.3 mi
- Constellation: 0.1 mi
- Black Tiberinus: 0.1 mi
- Aaron Montgomery Ward: 0.3 mi
- Edward Albert Filene: 0.3 mi
- George Huntington Hartford: 0.3 mi
- Site of the Sauganash Hotel/Wigwam: 0.1 mi
- Old Post Office Site: 0.1 mi
- Haymarket Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Batcolumn: 0.3 mi
- Eastland Disaster Memorial: 0.4 mi
- The Ledge: 0.4 mi
- SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower: 0.5 mi
- Weather Bell: 0.5 mi
- Wendella Tours - Dock 4: 0.8 mi
- Wendella Tours - Dock 3: 0.8 mi
- Color Factory: 0.5 mi
- Money Museum: 0.6 mi
- Chicago Board of Trade Building Museum: 0.6 mi
- Illinois Holocaust Museum Presents Experience360: 0.6 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 0.7 mi
- Chicago Lights Urban Farm: 0.8 mi
- Light Plate: 0.9 mi
- Lurie Garden: 0.9 mi
- Dark Plate: 0.9 mi
- Pritzker Garden: 0.9 mi
- Picnic Grove B: 1.1 mi
- Picnic Grove C: 1.1 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 2.2 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 2.2 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 2.3 mi
- Ping Tom Natural Area: 1.8 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 2.3 mi
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool: 2.8 mi
- McCormick Bird Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 2.9 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 1.5 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 1.5 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 2.2 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 3.5 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 3.6 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 2.2 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 2.9 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 6.0 mi
- Players Hill: 6.6 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 7.5 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 13.5 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 23.0 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 23.0 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 7.5 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 18.3 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 21.2 mi
- Tedens: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of Broadcast Communications. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 340° | 204 m | 10.2 mi |
| Players Hill | W 265° | 187 m | 6.6 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13656590196
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Loop · 0 mi
- Chicago · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 1 mi
- Chicagoland · 1 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 2 mi
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