Paw Paw Woods Nature Preserve

Paw Paw Woods Nature Preserve is a park in Cook, Illinois. Paw Paw Woods Nature Preserve is situated nearby to the area Mount Forest, as well as near the village Willow Springs.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Willow Springs station and Red Gate Woods.

Willow Springs station

Railway station

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Willow Springs is a station on Metra's Heritage Corridor in Willow Springs, Illinois. The station is 17.5 miles away from Union Station, the northern terminus of the line.

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 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. Saganashkee Slough is situated 2 miles south of Paw Paw Woods Nature Preserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Willow Springs and Palisades.

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.

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 2½ miles west of Paw Paw Woods Nature Preserve.

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 2½ miles northwest of Paw Paw Woods Nature Preserve.

Paw Paw Woods Nature Preserve

Type: Park
Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.72059° or 41° 43′ 14″ north

Longitude

-87.88895° or 87° 53′ 20″ west

Elevation

614 feet (187 metres)

Open location code

86HJP4C6+6C

GeoNames ID

4905505

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Paw Paw Woods and Fairmount Cemetery.

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