McCormick Woods Nature Preserve
McCormick Woods Nature Preserve is a park in Lake, Illinois. McCormick Woods Nature Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Fort Sheridan, as well as near the village Highwood.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Sheridan National Cemetery and Fort Sheridan station.
Fort Sheridan National Cemetery
Cemetery
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Fort Sheridan National Cemetery was established in 1889 on the grounds of Fort Sheridan, a United States Army installation that had been established two years earlier, in 1887, in Lake County, Illinois and remained an active U.S. Army installation until 1993.
Fort Sheridan station
Railway station
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Fort Sheridan station is one of two stations on Metra's Union Pacific North Line located in the Fort Sheridan neighborhood in Highwood, Illinois. The station is officially located at 461 West Old Elm Road, and is 25.7 miles away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the southern terminus of the Union Pacific North Line.
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart
School
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart is a private, Roman Catholic girls' high school in Lake Forest, Illinois, north of Chicago. Founded by the Society of the Sacred Heart, it is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Sheridan and Highwood.
Fort Sheridan
Hamlet
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Fort Sheridan is a residential neighborhood within the cities of Lake Forest, Highwood, and Highland Park in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It was originally established as Fort Sheridan, an Army post named after Civil War cavalry general Philip Sheridan, to honor his services to Chicago.
Highwood
Village
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Highwood is a North Shore suburb of Chicago in Moraine Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,074. Highwood is situated 2 miles south of McCormick Woods Nature Preserve.
Lake Forest
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Lake Forest is an idyllic suburb in the North Shore region of Illinois. An integral part of Chicago's ritzy North Shore suburban area, Lake Forest is true to its name and reputation.
McCormick Woods Nature Preserve
- Type: Park
- Location: Lake, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.22613° or 42° 13′ 34″ northLongitude
-87.81812° or 87° 49′ 5″ westElevation
666 feet (203 metres)Open location code
86JJ65GJ+FQGeoNames ID
4901600
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