Plank Road Meadow

Plank Road Meadow is a nature reserve in Cook, Illinois. Plank Road Meadow is situated nearby to the town Lyons, as well as near the neighborhood Hollywood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hollywood station and Coonley House.

Hollywood station

Railway station

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Hollywood is one of three stations on Metra's BNSF Line in Brookfield, Illinois. The station is 11.7 miles from Union Station, the east end of the line.

Coonley House

House

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The Avery Coonley House is a mansion in Riverside, Illinois, United States. Constructed in 1908–1909, it was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the Prairie style.

Brookfield station

Railway station

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Brookfield is one of three stations on Metra's BNSF Line in Brookfield, Illinois. The station is 12.3 miles from Union Station, the east end of the line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lyons and Brookfield.

Lyons

Town

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Lyons is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 10,817. The Chicago Portage National Historic Site is located in Lyons.

Brookfield

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Brookfield is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, located 13 miles west of downtown Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 19,476. The city is home to the Brookfield Zoo.

Riverside is a suburban village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population of the village was 9,298 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Chicago, located around 9 miles west of downtown Chicago and 2 miles outside city limits.

Plank Road Meadow

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.81709° or 41° 49′ 2″ north

Longitude

-87.83054° or 87° 49′ 50″ west

Elevation

614 feet (187 metres)

Operator

Forest Preserve District of Cook County

Open location code

86HJR589+RQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 157109668

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

GeoNames ID

4906142

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Localities in the Area

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