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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Homewood Memorial Gardens and Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens.
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 2,600 feet west of Thornton Quarry.
Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens
Cemetery
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Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens is a cemetery, which is situated 3,600 feet south of Thornton Quarry.
Calumet station
Railway station
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Calumet is a station on Metra's Metra Electric Line located in East Hazel Crest, Illinois. The station is officially located at Park Avenue and 174th Street, near the Calumet Country Club, however the actual location is on Wood Street south of 174th Street. Calumet station is situated 2½ miles west of Thornton Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornton and East Hazel Crest.
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.
East Hazel Crest
Village
East Hazel Crest is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a south suburb of Chicago. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 1,297. East Hazel Crest is situated 1½ miles northwest of Thornton Quarry.
Glenwood
Village
Glenwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,662 at the 2020 census. Glenwood is situated 2 miles southeast of Thornton Quarry.
Thornton Quarry
- Type: Mine
- Description: aggregate quarry located in Thornton, Illinois
- Categories: fixed construction and industry
- Location: Township of Thornton, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Thornton Quarry” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Thornton Quarry”
- Japanese: “ソーントン採石場”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Thornton Junction and Holbrook.
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