Thornton - Lansing Road Nature Preserve
Thornton - Lansing Road Nature Preserve is a park in Cook, Illinois. Thornton - Lansing Road Nature Preserve is situated nearby to the village Glenwood, as well as near the hamlet Thornton Junction.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens and Thornton Quarry.
Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens
Cemetery
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Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens is a cemetery.
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. Thornton Quarry is situated 1½ miles west of Thornton - Lansing Road Nature Preserve.
Homewood Memorial Gardens
Cemetery
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Homewood Memorial Gardens is a privately owned cemetery in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois. Many other unrelated cemeteries share variations of this name. This site may have formerly been called Oak Lawn Cemetery. Homewood Memorial Gardens is situated 1½ miles west of Thornton - Lansing Road Nature Preserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornton and Glenwood.
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.
Glenwood
Village
Glenwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,662 at the 2020 census. Glenwood is situated 1½ miles south of Thornton - Lansing Road Nature Preserve.
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. South Holland is situated 2½ miles north of Thornton - Lansing Road Nature Preserve.
Thornton - Lansing Road Nature Preserve
- Type: Park
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.56545° or 41° 33′ 56″ northLongitude
-87.59818° or 87° 35′ 53″ westElevation
614 feet (187 metres)Open location code
86HJHC82+5PGeoNames ID
4913606
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Localities in the Area
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