Helm Woods Forest Preserves
Helm Woods Forest Preserves is a nature reserve in Kane, Illinois. Helm Woods Forest Preserves is situated nearby to the town Carpentersville, as well as near the hamlet Middlebury.Places of Interest
Highlights include Santa’s Village Amusement & Water Park and Carpenter Park.
Santa’s Village Amusement & Water Park
Theme park
Photo: Martin Lewison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Santa's Village Amusement & Water Park is a theme park in East Dundee, Illinois. It was originally built by Glenn Holland, who also built two other Santa's Villages, in California; one located in San Bernardino County and the other in Santa Cruz County.
Carpenter Park
Park
Carpenter Park is a park in Carpentersville, IL, a suburb of Chicago. It was established in the 1850s and spans 20 acres. Community festivals, pick-up sporting events, and ceremonies are often held in Carpenter Park due to its size.
Dundee Crown High School
School
Dundee-Crown High School is a high school located in Carpentersville, Illinois, United States, a northwest suburb of Chicago. Dundee-Crown High School was made from consolidating Dundee Community High School and Irving Crown High school in 1983.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carpentersville and East Dundee.
Carpentersville
Town
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Carpentersville is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was 37,983 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
East Dundee
Village
East Dundee is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States, with a small section in Cook County. The population was 3,152 at the 2020 census.
West Dundee
Village
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West Dundee is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,686 as of the 2020 US Census. It is considered a far northwest Chicago suburb. West Dundee lies across the Fox River from East Dundee and Carpentersville.
Helm Woods Forest Preserves
- Type: Nature reserve
- Also known as: “Helm Woods Forest Preserve”
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Kane, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.12412° or 42° 7′ 27″ northLongitude
-88.24319° or 88° 14′ 36″ westElevation
932 feet (284 metres)Open location code
86JH4QF4+JPOpenStreetMap ID
way 106647847OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveGeoNames ID
4895546
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