The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
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The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the north-northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bison, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.3 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is a natural history museum mostly dedicated to children, located in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and operated by the Chicago Academy of Sciences. The museum traces its history to the founding collection of the academy in 1857. After a century at a nearby location, where it was the first of what eventually became eleven Chicago museum-in-the-parks, the academy built and opened its present museum named for benefactor Peggy Notebaert in 1999 at the intersection of Fullerton Parkway and Cannon Drive in Lincoln Park. The institution focuses on the natural history of the Chicago region, and offers educational programs for children and adults. It is also known for its live butterfly house, which is attached to a laboratory and program to study and enhance native Chicago area butterfly populations.
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Dates from 1857.
Wikidata Q7160706, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 29.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bison: 0.0 mi
- Memorial to Extinct Birds: 0.0 mi
- Steel Roots: 0.1 mi
- Curve XXII (I Will): 0.1 mi
- William Shakespeare Monument: 0.2 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 8: 0.1 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 10: 0.3 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 6: 0.5 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 0.6 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 0.6 mi
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool: 0.1 mi
- North Pond Nature Sanctuary: 0.2 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 0.6 mi
- Diversey Natural Area: 0.7 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 1.7 mi
- Original Lake Michigan Shoreline: 0.2 mi
- Abandoned Lake Michigan Shoreline: 0.3 mi
- John Caldwell Meeker: 0.4 mi
- Eugene Field Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Reva Logan Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Polar Bears: 0.2 mi
- Eastern Black Rhinoceros: 0.2 mi
- Aardvark: 0.2 mi
- Meerkat: 0.2 mi
- Giraffe, Plains Zebra: 0.2 mi
- Mid-North Park: 0.3 mi
- Shrine Meditation Garden: 0.3 mi
- Dad's Park: 0.3 mi
- Lincoln Central Park: 0.6 mi
- Alcott Park: 0.6 mi
- Oz Park Garden: 0.6 mi
- David M. McKay Memorial Garden: 0.7 mi
- AIDS Garden Chicago: 0.9 mi
- DePaul Urban Garden: 0.9 mi
- Panzer Garden: 1.0 mi
- Chicago History Museum: 1.0 mi
- International Museum of Surgical Science: 1.2 mi
- Charnley-Pesky House Museum: 1.4 mi
- Chicago Sports Museum: 2.1 mi
- Loyola University Museum of Art: 2.1 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 1.8 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 2.6 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 2.9 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 3.8 mi
- Ardmore Hollywood (Osterman) Beach: 4.3 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 3.9 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 4.8 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 5.8 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 7.6 mi
- Players Hill: 7.7 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 12.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 22.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 25.0 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 20.7 mi
- Covington Bluff: 22.7 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 5.0 mi
- Tedens: 23.7 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 332° | 204 m | 7.6 mi |
| Players Hill | WSW 243° | 187 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Chicago/Near North · 2 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 2 mi
- Chicagoland · 2 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 3 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 3 mi
- Chicago · 4 mi
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