Wilmette Historical Museum
Wilmette Historical Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Mount Trashmore stands 204 m to the south-southeast, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Howard Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 14 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
village hall of the defunct village of Gross Point, Illinois
Dates from 1896.
Wikidata Q85764648, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Howard Park: 0.2 mi
- Forest Park: 0.3 mi
- Mallinckrodt Park: 0.4 mi
- Vattman Park: 0.5 mi
- Earlywine Park: 0.5 mi
- Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum: 0.8 mi
- Kenilworth Historical Society: 0.8 mi
- Evanston Ecology Center: 1.7 mi
- Winnetka Historical Society: 1.9 mi
- Anita Willets Burnham Log House: 2.1 mi
- Picnic: 0.9 mi
- Ackerman Park Picnic Tables: 1.2 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1: 2.6 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Grove 6: 2.6 mi
- Harms Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 3: 2.7 mi
- Cartwright Mound: 1.2 mi
- Sculpture: 1.4 mi
- Viking: 2.0 mi
- Trunnion II: 2.6 mi
- La Souterraine: 2.6 mi
- Perkins Woods Forest Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Stephen R. Keay Nature Learning Center: 1.4 mi
- Elmwood Dunes Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Ladd Arboretum: 1.8 mi
- Crow Island Woods: 2.1 mi
- Kenilworth Beach: 1.4 mi
- Langdon Park Beach: 1.5 mi
- Langdon Beach: 1.6 mi
- Elder Lane Beach: 1.7 mi
- Gillson Beach: 1.8 mi
- Antoine Ouilmette: 1.7 mi
- Sharp Corners: 1.9 mi
- Dr. Janusz Korczak: 1.9 mi
- 1965/7/25 MLK Visit: 2.0 mi
- Cenotaph: 2.1 mi
- Eggleston Park Food Forest: 1.7 mi
- McCormick Gardens: 1.7 mi
- Twiggs Canal Gardens: 1.8 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 2.7 mi
- Merrick Rose Garden: 2.9 mi
- Leaning Tower of Niles: 5.4 mi
- Novelty Golf & Games: 5.4 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 6.1 mi
- Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom: 8.1 mi
- Plant identification trail: 8.4 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 3.7 mi
- Centennial Hill: 8.0 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 8.1 mi
- Schiller Woods-East Sledding Hill: 10.3 mi
- Hidden Hill: 10.7 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 6.4 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 9.1 mi
- Covington Bluff: 11.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wilmette Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | SSE 166° | 204 m | 3.7 mi |
| Players Hill | S 189° | 187 m | 14.0 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 | 20:31 |
| 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/436993757
Day trips start here
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 11 mi
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 12 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 13 mi
- Chicago/Near North · 13 mi
- Chicagoland · 13 mi
- Chicago/Loop · 14 mi
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