Cook County Forest Preserve

Cook County Forest Preserve is a park in Cook, Illinois. Cook County Forest Preserve is situated nearby to the village Thornton, as well as near Glenwood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens and Homewood Memorial Gardens.

Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens

Cemetery

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Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens is a cemetery.

Homewood Memorial Gardens is a privately owned cemetery in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois. Many other unrelated cemeteries share variations of this name. This site may have formerly been called Oak Lawn Cemetery. Homewood Memorial Gardens is situated 2 miles west of Cook County Forest Preserve.

Thornwood High School

School

Thornwood High School is a public high school located in South Holland, Illinois, United States. It was built as part of Thornton Township High School District 205. Thornwood High School is situated 1½ miles northwest of Cook County Forest Preserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thornton and Glenwood.

Thornton

Village

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Thornton is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a south suburb of Chicago. The population was 2,386 at the 2020 census. Thornton is home to the Thornton Quarry, one of the largest quarries in the world.

Glenwood

Village

Glenwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,662 at the 2020 census. Glenwood is situated 1½ miles southwest of Cook County Forest Preserve.

Lansing

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Lansing is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Lansing is a south suburb of Chicago. The population was 29,076 at the 2020 census.

Cook County Forest Preserve

Type: Park
Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.56198° or 41° 33′ 43″ north

Longitude

-87.58838° or 87° 35′ 18″ west

Elevation

620 feet (189 metres)

Open location code

86HJHC66+QJ

GeoNames ID

4888677

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Oakglen and Thornton Junction.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Thornton - Lansing Road Nature Preserve and Jurgensen Woods Nature Preserve.

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