Redwing Slough Forest Preserve

Redwing Slough Forest Preserve is a nature reserve in Lake, Illinois. Redwing Slough Forest Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Loon Lake, as well as near the town Antioch.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Loon Lake and Antioch station.

Loon Lake

Lake

Photo: Eddiewax, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Loon Lake is a glacial lake in northern Lake County, Illinois, United States. It comprises three lakes; East Loon, West Loon, and North Loon. It is located near the town of Antioch, Illinois, near the intersection of Route 83 and Grass Lake Rd.

Antioch station

Railway station

Photo: Gavindow, CC BY 3.0.

Antioch is a Metra commuter rail station in Antioch, Illinois, and is the northern terminus of the North Central Service. The station is 52.9 miles away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line.

Lakes Community High School

School

Lakes Community High School, or LCHS, is a public four-year high school located in Lake Villa, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Loon Lake and Antioch.

Loon Lake

Hamlet

Loon Lake is an unincorporated community in Antioch Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. Loon Lake is located at the junction of Illinois Route 83 and County Route 10A on the northern border of Lake Villa.

Antioch

Town

Photo: Gavindow, CC BY 3.0.

Antioch is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,622. The village is nestled into the Chain O'Lakes waterway system and borders the state of Wisconsin.

Benet Lake

Neighborhood

Benet Lake is a community in the village of Salem Lakes in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located north of Antioch, Illinois. The community takes its name from the Benedictine Fathers, who own the south side of Benet Lake and established a monastery/seminary in 1945.

Redwing Slough Forest Preserve

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

42.46446° or 42° 27′ 52″ north

Longitude

-88.05925° or 88° 3′ 33″ west

Elevation

774 feet (236 metres)

Open location code

86JHFW7R+Q8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 354281124

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

GeoNames ID

4907289

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