Horse Collar Slough
Horse Collar Slough is a swamp in Cook, Illinois. Horse Collar Slough is situated nearby to the hamlet Equestrian Woods, as well as near the neighborhood Palisades.Places of Interest
Highlights include Site A and Red Gate Woods.
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.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palisades and Willow Springs.
Palisades
Neighborhood
Palisades is an unincorporated community in Downers Grove Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Palisades is located along the north bank of the Des Plaines River and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Palisades is situated 1½ miles northwest of Horse Collar Slough.
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 northeast of Horse Collar Slough.
Burr Ridge
Village
Burr Ridge is a village in Cook and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,192. Burr Ridge is situated 3 miles north of Horse Collar Slough.
Horse Collar Slough
- Type: Swamp
- Category: body of water
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.70503° or 41° 42′ 18″ northLongitude
-87.90645° or 87° 54′ 23″ westElevation
689 feet (210 metres)Open location code
86HJP34V+2CGeoNames ID
4896485
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