Thorn Lake
Thorn Lake is a reservoir in Cook, Illinois. Thorn Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Thornton Junction, as well as near the town South Holland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thornwood High School and Thornton Quarry.
Thornwood High School
School
Thornwood High School is a public high school located in South Holland, Illinois, United States. It was built as part of Thornton Township High School District 205.
Thornton Quarry
Reservoir
Thornton Quarry is one of the largest aggregate quarries in the world, located in Thornton, Illinois just south of Chicago. The quarry is 1.5 miles long, 0.5 miles wide, and 450 feet deep at its deepest point.
Shabbona Trail
Nature reserve
The Chief Shabbona Trail is a hiking, bicycling and canoeing trail, located between Joliet and Morris, Illinois. The Shabbona Trail is a part of the 61-mile long National Park Service Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornton and South Holland.
Thornton
Village
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Thornton is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a south suburb of Chicago. The population was 2,386 at the 2020 census. Thornton is home to the Thornton Quarry, one of the largest quarries in the world.
South Holland
Town
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South Holland is a village and south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States, within Thornton Township. The population was 21,465 at the 2020 census. It is named after the Dutch province of South Holland.
Lansing
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Lansing is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Lansing is a south suburb of Chicago. The population was 29,076 at the 2020 census.
Thorn Lake
- Type: Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.58187° or 41° 34′ 55″ northLongitude
-87.58807° or 87° 35′ 17″ westElevation
597 feet (182 metres)Open location code
86HJHCJ6+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 187749218OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
4913591
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