Tomahawk Slough
Tomahawk Slough is in Cook, Illinois. Tomahawk Slough is situated nearby to the hamlet Equestrian Woods, as well as near the neighborhood Palisades.Places of Interest
Highlights include Saganashkee Slough and Red Gate Woods.
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.
Red Gate Woods
Picnic site
Photo: Joseph Gage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Red Gate Woods is a forest preserve section within the Palos Forest Preserves, a division of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois.
Site A
Landfill
Site A was a research facility near Chicago where, during World War II, research on behalf of the Manhattan Project was carried out. Operated by the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory, it was the site of Chicago Pile-2, a reconstructed and enlarged version of the world's first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palisades and Willow Springs.
Palisades
Neighborhood
Palisades is an unincorporated community in Downers Grove Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Palisades is located along the north bank of the Des Plaines River and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Palisades is situated 2 miles northwest of Tomahawk Slough.
Willow Springs
Village
Photo: MrHarman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Willow Springs is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion extending into DuPage County. The village was founded in 1892 and was named for the springs along the Des Plaines River. In 2020, the population was 5,857. Willow Springs is situated 2½ miles northeast of Tomahawk Slough.
Burr Ridge
Village
Burr Ridge is a village in Cook and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,192. Burr Ridge is situated 3 miles north of Tomahawk Slough.
Tomahawk Slough
- Type: Body of water
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.70497° or 41° 42′ 18″ northLongitude
-87.90043° or 87° 54′ 2″ westElevation
686 feet (209 metres)Open location code
86HJP33X+XROpenStreetMap ID
way 35367925OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterGeoNames ID
4913771
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Localities in the Area
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