Swallow Cliffs
Swallow Cliffs is a cliff in Cook, Illinois and has an elevation of 617 feet. Swallow Cliffs is situated nearby to the neighborhood Historic Palos, as well as near Shadow Ridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saganashkee Slough and Palos Park station.
Saganashkee Slough
Reservoir
Saganashkee Slough is a 377 acres, manmade riparian lake that forms part of the valley of the Cal-Sag Channel. It is located in the Palos Forest Preserves of Cook County, Illinois, on wetland that was drained but was later reverted to a lake starting in 1948-1949 by the construction of dams and levees. Saganashkee Slough is situated 1½ miles northwest of Swallow Cliffs.
Palos Park station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 us.
Palos Park is a station on Metra's SouthWest Service in Palos Park, Illinois. The station is 19.8 miles away from Chicago Union Station, the northern terminus of the line. Palos Park station is situated 2½ miles east of Swallow Cliffs.
Carl Sandburg High School
School
Carl Sandburg High School, Sandburg, or CSHS, is a public four-year high school located at the intersection of La Grange Road and Southmoor Drive in Orland Park, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Carl Sandburg High School is situated 2 miles south of Swallow Cliffs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palos Park and Palos Hills.
Palos Park
Village
Palos Park is a village in southwestern Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 4,899. Palos Park is situated 2 miles southeast of Swallow Cliffs.
Palos Hills
Town
Photo: Joseph Blewitt, CC BY 2.0.
Palos Hills is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago. The city was established in 1958 and had reached a population of 18,530 in the 2020 census. Palos Hills is situated 2½ miles northeast of Swallow Cliffs.
Orland Park
Town
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Orland Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion in Will County. It is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, Orland Park had a population of 58,703. Orland Park is situated 3½ miles south of Swallow Cliffs.
Swallow Cliffs
- Type: Cliff with an elevation of 617 feet
- Description: cliff in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
- Category: landform
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.6797° or 41° 40′ 47″ northLongitude
-87.86365° or 87° 51′ 49″ westElevation
617 feet (188 metres)Open location code
86HJM4HP+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 354156586OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliff
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In Other Languages
“Swallow Cliffs” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Swallow Cliffs”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Historic Palos and Shadow Ridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Swallow Cliff Woods and Swallow Cliff Woods North.
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