Somme Prairie Nature Preserve
Somme Prairie Nature Preserve is a grassland in Cook, Illinois. Somme Prairie Nature Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Fair Meadows, as well as near Glenbrook Countryside.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Cook Road station and Northbrook Public Library.
Lake Cook Road station
Railway station
Photo: Lost on Belmont, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lake Cook Road is a Metra station along the Milwaukee District North Line. It is located at 601 Lake Cook Road in Deerfield, Illinois, is 23.4 miles away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois.
Northbrook Public Library
Library
The Northbrook Public Library, located at 1201 Cedar Lane, serves the 35,222 residents of the Village of Northbrook, Illinois. The library received 237,708 visitors and circulated 737,708 items from its collection of 239,294 books, audio materials, and videos in 2023.
Northbrook station
Railway station
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Northbrook is a commuter railroad station on Metra's Milwaukee District North Line in Northbrook, Illinois. The station is located at 1401 Shermer Road, is 21.0 miles away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northbrook and Deerfield.
Northbrook
Photo: bogdanstepniak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Northbrook is a city of 33,000 people in Illinois. Northbrook's downtown shopping district features boutiques and specialty stores.
Deerfield
Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deerfield is a village in Lake and Cook counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. A northern suburb of Chicago, Deerfield is located on the North Shore, about 28 miles north of downtown Chicago.
Techny
Neighborhood
Techny is a neighborhood of Northbrook, Illinois, United States. Once a separate community, it was annexed by Northbrook in 1989. The North American headquarters of the Divine Word Missionaries has been located in Techny since 1896. Techny is situated 2 miles southeast of Somme Prairie Nature Preserve.
Somme Prairie Nature Preserve
- Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
- Type: Grassland
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.14197° or 42° 8′ 31″ northLongitude
-87.8369° or 87° 50′ 13″ westElevation
650 feet (198 metres)Operator
Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyOpen location code
86JJ45R7+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
way 175017566OpenStreetMap feature
natural=grasslandGeoNames ID
4911799
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fair Meadows and Glenbrook Countryside.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Northbrook Post Office and Northbrook Dog Park (all dog area) at Coast Guard Park.
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