Prairie Park

Prairie Park is a park in Lake, Illinois. Prairie Park is situated nearby to the locality Aptakisic, as well as near the neighborhood Prairie View.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Raupp Museum and Prairie View station.

Raupp Museum

Museum

The Raupp Memorial Museum is a museum that chronicles the social history of Buffalo Grove, Illinois. It is run by the Buffalo Grove Park District and an award-winning member of the Illinois Association of Museums.

Prairie View station

Railway station

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Prairie View station is on Metra's North Central Service in the unincorporated area of Prairie View, Illinois, near Buffalo Grove. The station is 34.4 miles away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line.

Buffalo Grove station

Railway station

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Buffalo Grove station is on Metra's North Central Service in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. The station is 32.0 miles away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line. Buffalo Grove station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Prairie Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aptakisic and Long Grove.

Aptakisic

Locality

Aptakisic is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Aptakisic is located along Aptakisic Road and the Canadian National Railway; it borders Buffalo Grove to the west and Lincolnshire to the east.

Long Grove

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Long Grove is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States, approximately 35 miles away from and a northwest suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 8,366. The village has strict building ordinances to preserve its "country atmosphere".

Prairie View

Neighborhood

Prairie View is an unincorporated community located in northeastern Illinois, in southern Lake County. It is a part of Vernon Township. Prairie View has not been annexed entirely by either Lincolnshire or Buffalo Grove, although tiny portions of it have been.

Prairie Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Lake, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.1816° or 42° 10′ 54″ north

Longitude

-87.97118° or 87° 58′ 16″ west

Elevation

676 feet (206 metres)

Operator

Buffalo Grove Park District

Open location code

86JJ52JH+JG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 604084795

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4906666

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