Forest River
Forest River is a hamlet in Wheeling Township, Cook, Illinois. Forest River is situated nearby to the hamlet Northfield Woods, as well as near the town Mount Prospect.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include River Trails School District 26 and Prospect Heights station.
River Trails School District 26
Kindergarten
River Trails School District 26 is a school district headquartered in Mount Prospect, Illinois, in the Chicago metropolitan area. The school district serves more than 1,500 students in four schools.
Prospect Heights station
Railway station
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Prospect Heights is a station on Metra's North Central Service in Prospect Heights, Illinois. The station is 26.6 miles away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line.
Kennicott Grove
Nature reserve
Photo: Teemu008, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kennicott Grove is an area of prairie and wooded lands that includes the home of John Kennicott and his family, including his son Robert Kennicott. John Kennicott was an agriculturalist and a doctor. Kennicott Grove is situated 2 miles east of Forest River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Prospect and Des Plaines.
Mount Prospect
Town
Photo: bogdanstepniak, CC BY 3.0.
Mount Prospect is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is part of Elk Grove and Wheeling townships, about 20 miles northwest of downtown Chicago and approximately 4 miles north of O'Hare International Airport. Mount Prospect is situated 2½ miles west of Forest River.
Des Plaines
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Des Plaines is in Chicagoland. It is an inner-ring, northwest suburb of Chicago with two distinct portions: a suburban northern portion reminiscient of other, nearby northwest suburbs, as well as a built-up southern portion with the businesses, hotels, and other amenities of the O'Hare Airport corridor.
Prospect Heights
Village
Prospect Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 16,058. Prospect Heights is situated 2½ miles northwest of Forest River.
Forest River
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Wheeling Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.0767° or 42° 4′ 36″ northLongitude
-87.89507° or 87° 53′ 42″ westElevation
636 feet (194 metres)Open location code
86JJ34G3+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 153579260OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4892793
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