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Northwestern University

Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States.

Northwestern University
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Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851, it is the oldest chartered university in Illinois. Northwestern was initially affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church but later became non-sectarian. Northwestern became a founding member of the Big Ten Conference in 1896 and joined the Association of American Universities in 1917.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Northwestern University

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Bahá'í House of Worship for the North American Continent

    The Baháʼí House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, is a Baháʼí temple. It is the second Baháʼí House of Worship constructed and the oldest one still standing.

    2.2 km · Bahá'í temple in Wilmette, Illinois, United States · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Dearborn Observatory

    The Dearborn Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. The observatory was originally constructed in 1888, through an agreement between the university and the Chicago Astronomical Society.

    100 m · astronomical observatory in Evanston, Illinois · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    North Shore Channel

    The North Shore Channel is a 7.7 mile long canal built between 1907 and 1910 to increase the flow of North Branch of the Chicago River so that it would empty into the South Branch and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Its water is generally taken from Lake Michigan to flow into the canal at Wilmette Harbor.

    3.3 km · canal in Illinois, United States of America · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Northwestern University Libraries

    Northwestern University Libraries is the academic library system of Northwestern University. Northwestern Libraries host a total of 8,198,268 printed or electronic volumes.

    300 m · academic and research library system · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Grosse Point Light

    The historic Grosse Point Light is located in Evanston, Illinois. Following several shipping disasters near Evanston, residents successfully lobbied the federal government for a lighthouse.

    900 m · lighthouse in Illinois, United States · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    The Block Museum of Art

    The Block Museum of Art is a free public art museum located on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The Block Museum was established in 1980 when Chicago art collectors Mary and Leigh B. Block donated funds to Northwestern University for the construction of an art exhibition venue.

    400 m · museum in Evanston, Illinois · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Deering Library

    Charles Deering Memorial 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.

    300 m · library at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Bienen School of Music

    The Northwestern University Bienen School of Music is the music and performing arts school of Northwestern University. It is located on Northwestern University's campus in Evanston, Illinois, United States.

    800 m · music school at Northwestern University · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Ladd Arboretum

    The Edward R. Ladd Arboretum is an arboretum located at 2024 McCormick Boulevard, Evanston, Illinois, occupying 23 acres in a narrow.75 miles stretch between McCormick Boulevard and the North Shore Channel on land leased from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. The first tree, a ginkgo, was planted by the Evanston Review in the memory of Edward Rixon Ladd, its founder, publisher, and editor.

    2.1 km · botanical garden · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Rocky Miller Park

    Rocky and Berenice Miller Park is a baseball stadium in Evanston, Illinois. It is the home field of the Northwestern Wildcats college baseball team.

    2 km · baseball stadium in Evanston, Illinois · Wikipedia

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Getting to Northwestern University

Airports
Chicago O'Hare (ORD), 21 km · Chicago Midway (MDW), 31 km · General Mitchell (MKE), 101 km
Stations
Noyes, 700 m · Foster, 800 m · Evanston Davis Street, 1.2 km · Evanston Central Street, 2.1 km · Evanston Main Street, 2.5 km
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Northwestern University

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Northwestern University. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,221 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    1,544 km
  3. 03
    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    2,600 km
  4. 04
    Caye CaulkerBZ

    9 ways of moving, 42 sources

    2,704 km
  5. 05
    FloresGT

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,802 km

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Around it

Next door to Northwestern University

Northwestern University is 23 km from Chicago, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.