Dam Number 5

Dam Number 5 is a dam in Palos Township, Cook, Illinois. Dam Number 5 is situated near the village Palos Park, as well as near Willow Springs.

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
Also known as: “Saganashkee Slough Dam Number 5”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Saganashkee Slough and Red Gate Woods.

Saganashkee Slough

Reservoir

Saganashkee Slough is a 377 acres, manmade riparian…

Red Gate Woods

Picnic site

Photo: Joseph Gage, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Red Gate Woods is a forest preserve section within the… Red Gate Woods is situated 2 miles northwest of Dam Number 5.

Site A

Landfill

Photo: Eric Schmuttenmaer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Site A was a research facility in the Argonne Forest… Site A is situated 1½ miles northwest of Dam Number 5.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palos Park and Willow Springs.

Palos Park

Village

Palos Park is a village in southwestern Cook County, Illinois, United States. Palos Park is situated 3 miles southeast of Dam Number 5.

Willow Springs

Village

Photo: MrHarman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Willow Springs is a village in Cook County, Illinois… Willow Springs is situated 3½ miles north of Dam Number 5.

Palos Hills

Town

Photo: Joseph Blewitt, CC BY 2.0.

Palos Hills is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Palos Hills is situated 3½ miles east of Dam Number 5.

Dam Number 5

Location: Palos Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.69035° or 41° 41′ 25″ north

Longitude

-87.8841° or 87° 53′ 3″ west

Elevation

604 feet (184 metres)

Open location code

86HJM4R8+49

OpenStreetMap ID

node 354187207

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

4889385

Wikidata ID

Q32824206

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In Other Languages

“Dam Number 5” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Dam Number 5”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Shadow Ridge and Equestrian Woods.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Dam Number 4 and Dam Number 6.

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