Rock Island Depot Museum
Rock Island Depot Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 150 m. Nichols Mound stands 205 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is City Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Illinois River Road runs past it. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chillicothe Historical Society
How to reach it
- On the Illinois River Road, National
- 37.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 63.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fondulac Drive Lookout 1 · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- City Park: 0.1 mi
- Cutright Community Park: 0.3 mi
- Santa Fe Park: 0.5 mi
- Moffitt Nature Park: 0.7 mi
- R. Paul Gollnitze City Park: 0.7 mi
- Coal Hollow Park: 2.4 mi
- Dr. Frank & Aagot Green Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.7 mi
- Messerling Wildlife Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Shawl Wildlife Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Young Wildlife Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Hopewell Peter Toth sculpture: 5.2 mi
- Changes: 10.0 mi
- Out of Court: 11.0 mi
- Sweet Like Lemonade: 12.5 mi
- Here and There: 12.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Santa Fe Train Mural: 0.5 mi
- Lacroix Rock: 10.3 mi
- Gold Star Memorial: 12.8 mi
- Ironworkers Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Chillicothe Area History Museum: 0.4 mi
- Hasselberg Ag Museum: 2.1 mi
- Wheels O' Time Museum: 9.2 mi
- Illinois Mennonite Heritage Center: 10.6 mi
- Metamora Court House State Historic Site: 10.9 mi
- The Marble Garden: 0.9 mi
- ICC Horticulture Garden: 14.5 mi
- Luthy Botanical Garden: 14.7 mi
- Dayspring Community Park 4-H Community Garden: 16.1 mi
- Skip Snyder Garden: 16.8 mi
- Luthy Botanical Gardens greenhouse: 14.7 mi
- The Doug Oberhelman Caterpillar Visitors Center: 16.8 mi
- Lake WIldwood Beach 2: 14.7 mi
- Lake Wildwood Beach 1: 14.8 mi
- Hazel's Hill: 18.9 mi
- Nichols Mound: 23.6 mi
- Walnut Grove: 7.7 mi
- High Point: 11.3 mi
- Mackinaw Dells Rest Area Eastbound: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rock Island Depot Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nichols Mound | SE 145° | 205 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:50 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lacon, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/361098583
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- Bradford · 20 mi
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