Perkins Woods County Forest Preserve
Perkins Woods County Forest Preserve is a nature reserve in Cook, Illinois. Perkins Woods County Forest Preserve is situated nearby to the neighborhood Central Street Merchant District, as well as near Skevanston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: park in Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “Perkins Woods” and “Perkins Woods Forest Preserve”
- Address: Evanston, IL 60201
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harry Hibbert Porter Park and Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum.
Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum
Museum
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The Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum is a museum in Evanston, Illinois that focuses exclusively on the history, culture and arts of North American native peoples.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wilmette and Evanston.
Wilmette
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Wilmette is 16 miles north of Chicago. It is part of the affluent corridor of lakefront Chicago suburbs known as the North Shore. It is the location of the world's oldest still-standing Bahá'í House of Worship.
Evanston
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Evanston is a city in the North Shore region of Illinois along the shores of Lake Michigan. Evanston has many identities: college town, dining destination, cultural center and gateway to the wealthy North Shore, although the city itself is anything but homogeneous in regards to economic status, culture and race.
Kenilworth
Village
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Kenilworth is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, 15 miles north of downtown Chicago. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,514.
Perkins Woods County Forest Preserve
- Categories: park, forest, and recreation area
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.05991° or 42° 3′ 36″ northLongitude
-87.71185° or 87° 42′ 43″ westElevation
604 feet (184 metres)Named after
Dwight H. PerkinsOpen location code
86JJ375Q+X7OpenStreetMap ID
way 161744734OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forestOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveGeoNames ID
4905747Wikidata ID
Q49541454
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In Other Languages
“Perkins Woods County Forest Preserve” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Perkins Woods County Forest Preserve”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Central Street Merchant District and Skevanston.
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Highlights include Charles A. Brown House and Orangetheory Fitness.
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