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Riverside Historical Museum

Riverside Historical Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.6 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Riverside Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.82788, -87.82001

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Centennial Plaza: 0.0 mi
  • Guthrie Park: 0.1 mi
  • Big Ball Park: 0.5 mi
  • Amelia Park: 0.8 mi
  • Robinson Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Emu: 0.6 mi
  • Reindeer: 0.6 mi
  • Red Panda: 0.6 mi
  • Bennet's Wallaby: 0.6 mi
  • Alpaca: 0.6 mi
Picnic sites
Gardens
  • Family Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Brookfield Library Pollinator Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Fairy Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Kesman Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Broadview Community Garden: 2.6 mi
Museums
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 19
  • Players Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Hidden Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 8.9 mi
  • Centennial Hill: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 12.9 mi
  • Lake Strini: 19.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillWSW 243°259 m14.9 mi
Mount HoyW 271°255 m18.5 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNE 23°204 m14.7 mi
Players HillNE 39°187 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272767568554231
Precip in1.51.51.93.64.14.03.64.02.83.52.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5905978457

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