Robert Kennicott House
Robert Kennicott House is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 208 m. Mount Hoy stands 255 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Kennicott's Grove Nature Preserve, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 17 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
historic house in Illinois, United States
Wikidata Q6390902, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 17.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 21 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kennicott's Grove Nature Preserve: 0.0 mi
- Kennicott Grove: 0.2 mi
- Lake Avenue Woods - East: 1.2 mi
- Beck Lake: 1.2 mi
- Camp Pine Woods: 1.2 mi
- The Plank Road: 0.1 mi
- War Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Belleau Wood Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 4.4 mi
- Flight 191 Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Indian Trail Park: 0.7 mi
- Community Park West: 0.9 mi
- Flick Park: 1.0 mi
- Countryside Lane Park: 1.1 mi
- Indian Ridge Park: 1.3 mi
- Lake Avenue Woods-East Grove #1: 1.2 mi
- Camp Pine Woods Grove #1: 1.3 mi
- Dam No. 2 Woods Grove #1: 1.5 mi
- Lake Avenue Woods-West Grove #2: 1.5 mi
- Allison Woods Grove #1: 1.8 mi
- Plant identification trail: 1.4 mi
- Sugar Shack: 1.4 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 1.9 mi
- 1000 gecs tree: 4.4 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 5.8 mi
- River Trail Nature Center: 1.4 mi
- Kohl Childrens Museum: 2.0 mi
- Niles Historical Society: 3.2 mi
- Des Plaines History Museum: 3.3 mi
- Kinder House: 3.3 mi
- Glenview Bear: 3.0 mi
- Undercover History: 4.4 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 4.6 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 5.1 mi
- Wing: 5.3 mi
- West Fork Corridor Native Rain Garden: 3.3 mi
- Maple Street Butterfly Waystation (#45081): 3.8 mi
- Community garden: 4.1 mi
- Mitsuzo and Kyoko Shida Evaluation Garden: 5.7 mi
- Niles Community Rain Garden: 5.7 mi
- Glencoe Beach: 7.0 mi
- Tower Road Beach: 7.1 mi
- Maple Street Beach: 7.2 mi
- Cherry Street Beach: 7.4 mi
- Rosewood Beach: 7.6 mi
- Centennial Hill: 5.3 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 8.8 mi
- sled hill: 8.9 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 9.0 mi
- Hidden Hill: 9.2 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 6.3 mi
- Covington Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 11.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Robert Kennicott House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hoy | SW 223° | 255 m | 23.8 mi |
| Leahy Hill | N 354° | 234 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | ESE 117° | 204 m | 9.0 mi |
| Players Hill | SSE 161° | 187 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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 | 25 | 29 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Palwaukee AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 73000698OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/737469610
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Far West Side · 14 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 14 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 16 mi
- Berwyn · 17 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 17 mi
- Chicagoland · 17 mi
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