Deering Meadow
Deering Meadow is a grassland in Evanston, Cook, Illinois. Deering Meadow is situated nearby to Deering Library, as well as near the university building University Hall.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Deering Library and Northwestern University Libraries.
Deering Library
Library
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Charles Deering Library is an academic library of Northwestern University, a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Deering served as the university's main library on the Evanston campus from 1933, when it was established, until the construction of the Northwestern University Main Library in 1970.
Northwestern University Libraries
Library
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Northwestern University Libraries is the main academic library system of Northwestern University. Northwestern Libraries host a total of 8,198,268 printed or electronic volumes. Northwestern University Libraries is situated 590 feet east of Deering Meadow.
The Rock
Stone
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The Rock is a boulder on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, between University Hall and Harris Hall. It functions as a student-painted billboard for announcing campus groups, events, and messages, and has been repeatedly repainted in various colors and designs over the years. The Rock is situated 620 feet south of Deering Meadow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Evanston Lakeshore Historic District and Central Street.
Evanston Lakeshore Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Evanston Lakeshore Historic District is a residential historic district in Evanston, Illinois. The district encompasses a section of southeast Evanston that was developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Central Street
Neighborhood
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Central Street is the principal east-west artery in the far north of Evanston, Illinois and is a major thoroughfare in other northern and northwest suburbs of Chicago. Central Street is situated 2 miles west of Deering Meadow.
Wilmette
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Wilmette is 16 miles north of Chicago. It is part of the affluent corridor of lakefront Chicago suburbs known as the North Shore. It is the location of the world's oldest still-standing Bahá'í House of Worship.
Deering Meadow
- Type: Grassland
- Location: Evanston, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.05322° or 42° 3′ 12″ northLongitude
-87.67639° or 87° 40′ 35″ westOpen location code
86JJ383F+7COpenStreetMap ID
way 42702038OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=grass
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