North Creek
North Creek is a stream in Cook, Illinois. North Creek is situated nearby to the village Thornton, as well as near Glenwood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens and Homewood Memorial Gardens.
Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens
Cemetery
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Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens is a cemetery.
Homewood Memorial Gardens
Cemetery
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Homewood Memorial Gardens is a privately owned cemetery in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois. Many other unrelated cemeteries share variations of this name. This site may have formerly been called Oak Lawn Cemetery.
Thornton Quarry
Reservoir
Thornton Quarry is one of the largest aggregate quarries in the world, located in Thornton, Illinois just south of Chicago. The quarry is 1.5 miles long, 0.5 miles wide, and 450 feet deep at its deepest point. Thornton Quarry is situated 1½ miles northwest of North Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornton and Glenwood.
Thornton
Village
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Thornton is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a south suburb of Chicago. The population was 2,386 at the 2020 census. Thornton is home to the Thornton Quarry, one of the largest quarries in the world.
Glenwood
Village
Glenwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,662 at the 2020 census.
East Hazel Crest
Village
East Hazel Crest is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a south suburb of Chicago. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 1,297. East Hazel Crest is situated 2½ miles northwest of North Creek.
North Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.55948° or 41° 33′ 34″ northLongitude
-87.6056° or 87° 36′ 20″ westElevation
594 feet (181 metres)Open location code
86HJH95V+QQGeoNames ID
4903875
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sweet Woods Forest Preserve, Glenwood and Thornton - Lansing Road Nature Preserve.
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