Crooked Creek
Crooked Creek is a stream in Cook, Illinois. Crooked Creek is situated nearby to the area Mount Forest, as well as near the hamlet Equestrian Woods.Places of Interest
Highlights include Saganashkee Slough and Red Gate Woods.
Saganashkee Slough
Reservoir
Saganashkee Slough is a 377 acres, manmade riparian lake that forms part of the valley of the Cal-Sag Channel. It is located in the Palos Forest Preserves of Cook County, Illinois, on wetland that was drained but was later reverted to a lake starting in 1948-1949 by the construction of dams and levees.
Red Gate Woods
Picnic site
Photo: Joseph Gage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Red Gate Woods is a forest preserve section within the Palos Forest Preserves, a division of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois. Red Gate Woods is situated 2½ miles northwest of Crooked Creek.
Site A
Landfill
Site A was a research facility near Chicago where, during World War II, research on behalf of the Manhattan Project was carried out. Operated by the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory, it was the site of Chicago Pile-2, a reconstructed and enlarged version of the world's first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1. Site A is situated 2 miles west of Crooked Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palos Park and Palos Hills.
Palos Park
Village
Palos Park is a village in southwestern Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 4,899. Palos Park is situated 3 miles southeast of Crooked Creek.
Palos Hills
Town
Photo: Joseph Blewitt, CC BY 2.0.
Palos Hills is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago. The city was established in 1958 and had reached a population of 18,530 in the 2020 census. Palos Hills is situated 3 miles east of Crooked Creek.
Willow Springs
Village
Photo: MrHarman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Willow Springs is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion extending into DuPage County. The village was founded in 1892 and was named for the springs along the Des Plaines River. In 2020, the population was 5,857. Willow Springs is situated 3 miles north of Crooked Creek.
Crooked Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.6917° or 41° 41′ 30″ northLongitude
-87.87644° or 87° 52′ 35″ westElevation
591 feet (180 metres)Open location code
86HJM4RF+MCGeoNames ID
4889152
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