Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve
Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Cook, Illinois. Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve is situated nearby to the town Matteson, as well as near the neighborhood Ridgeland Manor.Places of Interest
Highlights include Richton Park Public Library District and Rich South High School.
Richton Park Public Library District
Library
The Richton Park Library District was founded in 1972 when village trustees rented a storefront at 22365 Governors Highway in Richton Park, Illinois. Volunteers had to engage in extensive cleaning and renovation in order to convert the former coffee-house into a library.
Rich South High School
School
Rich Township High School Fine Arts Campus, formerly known as, Rich South High School is a public four-year high school located in Richton Park, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago, in the United States.
Richton Park station
Railway station
Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0.
Richton Park is the penultimate station along the main branch of the Metra Electric line, in Richton Park, Illinois. It is located on Sauk Trail, east of Governor's Highway, and is 29.3 miles away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Matteson and Richton Park.
Matteson
Town
Photo: Aneekr, Public domain.
Matteson is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 19,073 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Chicago. Matteson is located in Chicago's Southland area.
Richton Park
Village
Richton Park is a village and south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,775 at the 2020 census.
Park Forest
Village
Park Forest is a village and south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small southern portion in Will County. The village was originally designed by Loebl Schlossman & Bennett as a planned community for veterans returning from World War II.
Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.49916° or 41° 29′ 57″ northLongitude
-87.74756° or 87° 44′ 51″ westElevation
732 feet (223 metres)Open location code
86HJF7X2+MXOpenStreetMap ID
way 339824770OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveGeoNames ID
4904702
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ridgeland Manor and Maple Brook.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dewey Helmick Nature Preserve Addition to Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve Buffer and Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve.
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