Western Springs Water Tower
Western Springs Water Tower is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 205 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Tower Green, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.5 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
water tower in Illinois, United States of America
Wikidata Q7988324, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 19.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 4 mi
- Fabyan Windmill · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tower Green: 0.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Western Springs Service Club: 0.3 mi
- Spring Rock Park: 0.4 mi
- Clark Park: 0.4 mi
- Ekdahl House Museum: 0.2 mi
- Graue House: 1.5 mi
- Graue Mill: 1.6 mi
- La Grange Area Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- La Grange Park Fire History Museum: 1.7 mi
- Peirce Park Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Torin's: 1.0 mi
- Sally Schulz Memorial Butterfly Garden: 2.6 mi
- Kesman Garden: 2.7 mi
- Fairy Garden: 2.9 mi
- GoApe Ropes Course: 0.9 mi
- Mayslake Peabody Estate: 3.4 mi
- Mexican Gray Wolf: 3.5 mi
- Golden Lion Tamarins: 3.5 mi
- Kill Site: 3.6 mi
- Salt Creek Woods: 1.1 mi
- Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- La Grange Park Woods: 1.8 mi
- Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Mayslake Forest Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Türkân Ilkdemirci: 1.9 mi
- Tom Hardies & Otis: 1.9 mi
- Lilly: 2.0 mi
- The McCabes: 2.0 mi
- Jean: 2.0 mi
- Prairie Spirit: 3.1 mi
- Bicentennial Liberty Bell: 3.2 mi
- Ant Hill: 3.6 mi
- Ant Hill: 3.6 mi
- Tree: 3.6 mi
- Westman Beach: 2.8 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 12.1 mi
- Centennial Beach: 13.5 mi
- Margaret Burroughs Beach: 15.3 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 15.6 mi
- Centennial Hill: 7.2 mi
- Signal Hill: 7.8 mi
- Players Hill: 8.2 mi
- Spruce Hill: 9.3 mi
- Hemlock Hill: 9.4 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 7.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 9.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 9.8 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 12.7 mi
- Lake Strini: 15.2 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 16.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 9.2 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Western Springs Water Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 239° | 259 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mount Hoy | W 276° | 255 m | 14.5 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NE 34° | 204 m | 17.9 mi |
| Players Hill | ENE 56° | 187 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 38 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 67 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little RED School HSE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/228242938
Day trips start here
- La Grange · 1 mi
- Western Springs · 1 mi
- Hinsdale · 2 mi
- Oak Brook · 2 mi
- Brookfield · 3 mi
- Berwyn · 6 mi
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