Wagner Farm Heritage Center
Wagner Farm Heritage Center is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Leahy Hill stands 234 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is 1920s Wagner Farm House, a museum 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 15 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The Heritage Center features interactive stations, milking parlor, greenhouse, authentic 1930's store and museum store.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 30.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 1920s Wagner Farm House: 0.1 mi
- Glenview History Center: 1.0 mi
- Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center: 2.1 mi
- Anita Willets Burnham Log House: 2.2 mi
- Kohl Childrens Museum: 2.4 mi
- Community garden: 0.1 mi
- West Fork Corridor Native Rain Garden: 1.2 mi
- Glencoe Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Skokie Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Eklund Garden: 3.7 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 0.3 mi
- War Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Sharp Corners: 2.8 mi
- 1965/7/25 MLK Visit: 3.1 mi
- Cenotaph: 3.1 mi
- Cole Park: 0.3 mi
- West Park: 1.0 mi
- Tall Trees Park: 1.1 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Park: 1.1 mi
- Judy Beck Park: 1.2 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Woods: 0.3 mi
- Watersmeet Woods: 0.5 mi
- Northfield Park District: 0.8 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 0.8 mi
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County: 1.0 mi
- Glenview Bear: 1.4 mi
- Viking: 2.1 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 2.5 mi
- Sculpture: 3.2 mi
- Cartwright Mound: 3.3 mi
- Maple Street Beach: 3.4 mi
- Cherry Street Beach: 3.5 mi
- Tower Road Beach: 3.5 mi
- Elder Lane Beach: 3.6 mi
- Kenilworth Beach: 3.8 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 4.6 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 4.8 mi
- Plant identification trail: 5.3 mi
- Sugar Shack: 5.4 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 5.9 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 5.6 mi
- Centennial Hill: 6.2 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 9.3 mi
- sled hill: 9.3 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 9.5 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 7.4 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 8.1 mi
- Covington Bluff: 10.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wagner Farm Heritage Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leahy Hill | NNW 344° | 234 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | SE 136° | 204 m | 5.6 mi |
| Players Hill | S 177° | 187 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| 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 | 24 | 28 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Botanic Garden, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/539743043
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 12 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 13 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 14 mi
- Chicagoland · 14 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 15 mi
- Chicago · 16 mi
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