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Vanderpoel Art Museum

Vanderpoel Art Museum from directly overhead

Vanderpoel Art Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Ridge Park Wetlands, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.5 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Vanderpoel Art Association

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71875, -87.66782

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Artworks
  • Marshall Major Taylor: 2.1 mi
  • Renaissance Park Sculpture: 2.3 mi
  • Thurgood Marshall: 2.7 mi
  • Mahalia Jackson: 3.2 mi
  • MLK Living Memorial: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Al Capone's House: 3.9 mi
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 5.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 8.0 mi
  • Gallager: 9.5 mi
Gardens
  • Comer Family Reading Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Englewood Village Plaza: 4.9 mi
  • Dorchester Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • King Drive Community Healing & Resilience Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Love Thy Neighbor Community Garden: 5.3 mi
Peaks: 26
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 8.6 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Players Hill: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 2
  • Rain Garden Springs: 18.6 mi
  • Lake Strini: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mounded LandfillW 272°259 m21.2 mi
Mount LieberESE 108°214 m23.3 mi
Mount TrashmoreN 355°204 m21.1 mi
Chanute HillESE 108°195 m21.9 mi
Players HillNNW 335°187 m12.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516272777568554232
Precip in2.32.12.74.14.84.54.04.13.33.92.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Midway AP 3SW, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/3574822039

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