Thornton Quarry
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.- Mine
- …lies at an elevation of 607 feet (185 metres)
- Description: aggregate quarry located in Thornton, Illinois
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Homewood Memorial Gardens and Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens.
Homewood Memorial Gardens
Homewood Memorial Gardens is a privately owned cemetery in unincorporated Cook County, Illinois.
2,600 feet west of Thornton Quarry
Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens
Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens is a cemetery.
3,600 feet south of Thornton Quarry
Calumet station
Calumet is a station on Metra's Metra Electric District located in East Hazel Crest, Illinois.
2½ miles west of Thornton Quarry
Villages in the Area
Discover Thornton and East Hazel Crest.
Thornton
Thornton is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a south suburb of Chicago.
East Hazel Crest
East Hazel Crest is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
1½ miles northwest of Thornton Quarry
Glenwood
Glenwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
2 miles southeast of Thornton Quarry
Thornton Quarry
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Latitude
41.56476° or 41° 33′ 53″ north
Longitude
-87.61921° or 87° 37′ 9″ west
Open location code
86HJH97J+W8
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Thornton Quarry” goes by many names.
Thornton QuarryCebuano
ソーントン採石場Japanese
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