Darwin’s Playground
Darwin’s Playground is a work of art in Cunningham Township, Champaign, Illinois. Darwin’s Playground is situated nearby to Carl R. Woese Museum, as well as near University of Illinois Observatory.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Foellinger Auditorium and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
Foellinger Auditorium
Theater building
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The Foellinger Auditorium, located at 709 S. Mathews Avenue in Urbana, Illinois, on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is a concert hall and the university's largest lecture hall. Foellinger Auditorium is situated 730 feet northwest of Darwin’s Playground.
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Arts center
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The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts is an educational and performing arts complex located at 500 South Goodwin Avenue in Urbana, Illinois and on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Krannert Center for the Performing Arts is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Darwin’s Playground.
Tina Weedon Smith Memorial Hall
University building
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Tina Weedon Smith Memorial Hall, located at 805 S. Mathews Avenue in Urbana, Illinois, is an historic building on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Tina Weedon Smith Memorial Hall is situated 450 feet northwest of Darwin’s Playground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wilbur Heights and Savoy.
Wilbur Heights
Hamlet
Wilbur Heights is an unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. Wilbur Heights is a northern suburb of Champaign and Urbana. Wilbur Heights is situated 2½ miles north of Darwin’s Playground.
Savoy
Village
Savoy is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,857 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area. Savoy is situated 3½ miles south of Darwin’s Playground.
Champaign-Urbana
Darwin’s Playground
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Category: tourism
- Location: Cunningham Township, Champaign, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.10476° or 40° 6′ 17″ northLongitude
-88.2251° or 88° 13′ 30″ westOpen location code
86GH4Q3F+WXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1512373346OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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