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National Veterans Art Museum

National Veterans Art Museum from directly overhead

National Veterans Art Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Six Corner's Parklet, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 6.6 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.95438, -87.74864

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
  • Quarks VI: 1.1 mi
  • Thomas Jefferson Statue: 1.3 mi
  • Vasil Levski: 1.4 mi
  • Samuel Gompers Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Hope and Renewal: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Jefferson Park War Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Ella Labagh: 1.7 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Memorial of the Assyrian Martyrs: 2.0 mi
  • The Shrine of Assyrian Patriarchs & Bishops: 2.0 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 20
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 3.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillSW 228°259 m23.0 mi
Mount HoyWSW 249°255 m23.7 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 25°204 m5.3 mi
Players HillS 190°187 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
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 °F252939506171757466544131
Precip in2.02.02.53.84.54.13.74.23.23.42.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Ohare Intl AP, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/3988653236

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