Old Zion Museum
Old Zion Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 212 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Fulton School Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway passes 4.7 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 212 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 14.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 14 mi
- Viewing area · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fulton School Park: 0.3 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Hirsch Park: 0.4 mi
- Rauhoff Park: 0.5 mi
- Vogt Woods Park: 0.6 mi
- Bartel Grassland Land and Water Reserve: 3.0 mi
- Willow Wood Park: 3.7 mi
- Bachelor's Grove Woods: 4.1 mi
- Orland Grassland: 4.1 mi
- Tinley Creek Woods: 4.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Site of Robbins Airport: 5.7 mi
- Dixie Highway: 6.1 mi
- Nativity Scene: 6.4 mi
- Yugo Griffin: 5.8 mi
- Arche Fountain: 8.7 mi
- Lincoln on the Road to Greatness: 8.7 mi
- Spiral: 9.0 mi
- Sisyphus’Aviary: 9.0 mi
- Robbins Illinois History Museum: 5.8 mi
- The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn: 10.2 mi
- Ridge Historical Society: 10.4 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center: 10.5 mi
- Sagawau Environmental Learning Center: 10.9 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 5.9 mi
- The Grainery Building: 6.3 mi
- Chinese House of Park Forest: 6.8 mi
- Schmuhl School: 8.7 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 11.7 mi
- Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Altgeld Gardens Community Farm: 11.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 11.4 mi
- Wingren: 12.0 mi
- HAST Garden: 13.7 mi
- Michigan Beach: 15.0 mi
- Munson Beach: 16.1 mi
- Calumet Beach: 16.3 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 16.3 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 16.4 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 4.1 mi
- Centennial Hill: 12.0 mi
- Signal Hill: 12.6 mi
- Sledding Hill: 14.6 mi
- Big Hill: 14.9 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 9.4 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 12.7 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 12.8 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 13.1 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 13.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 13.9 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 8.4 mi
- Lake Strini: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Zion Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | NW 305° | 259 m | 18.7 mi |
| Players Hill | N 2° | 187 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 23 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Park Forest, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/368074620
Day trips start here
- Tinley Park · 1 mi
- Oak Forest · 3 mi
- Crestwood · 5 mi
- Midlothian · 5 mi
- Palos Heights · 6 mi
- South Suburbs · 6 mi
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