Gensburg-Markham Prairie
The Gensburg-Markham Prairie, also known as Markham Prairie, is a 105.6-acre high-quality tallgrass prairie located in Markham in the Chicago metropolitan area.Photo: Alanscottwalker, CC0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ingalls Memorial Hospital and Midlothian station.
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Ingalls Memorial Hospital is a general medical and surgical hospital located in Harvey, Illinois, a south suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Ingalls is a secular establishment.
Midlothian station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Midlothian is a station on Metra's Rock Island District line located in Midlothian, Illinois. The station is located at 3750 West 147th Street Midlothian is 18.4 miles away from LaSalle Street Station, the northern terminus of the Rock Island District line.
Harvey station
Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harvey is one of two Metra Electric commuter rail stations along the line's Main Branch in Harvey, Illinois. The station is located at Park Avenue and 154th Street, and is 20.0 miles away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Markham and Posen.
Markham
Town
Markham is a city and a south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 11,661 at the 2020 census.
Posen
Village
Posen is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Posen is the German language name for the western Polish city of Poznań. The population of the village was 5,632 at the 2020 census.
Midlothian
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Midlothian is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a southwestern suburb of Chicago. As of the 2020 census the population was 14,325.
Gensburg-Markham Prairie
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: also known as Markham Prairie, a high-quality tallgrass prairie located in Markham in the Chicago Metropolitan Area
- Categories: protected area, recreation area, and grassland
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.60481° or 41° 36′ 17″ northLongitude
-87.68748° or 87° 41′ 15″ westElevation
607 feet (185 metres)Operator
The Nature ConservancyOpen location code
86HJJ837+W2OpenStreetMap ID
way 666371946OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
natural=grassland
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Satellite Map
Discover Gensburg-Markham Prairie from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
“Gensburg-Markham Prairie” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gensburg - Markham Prairie Nature Preserve”
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