Van Horne Woods Forest Preserve
Van Horne Woods Forest Preserve is a nature reserve in Will, Illinois. Van Horne Woods Forest Preserve is situated nearby to the town Mokena, as well as near the hamlet Lincolnwood Hills.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mokena station and Lincoln-Way East High School.
Mokena station
Railway station
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Mokena is one of two commuter rail stations along Metra's Rock Island District line that are located in Mokena, Illinois. The station is located on Front Street and Mokena Street east of Wolf Road, and is 29.6 miles away from LaSalle Street Station, the northern terminus of the line.
Lincoln-Way East High School
School
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Lincoln-Way East High School is a four-year public high school about three miles south of Interstate 80 near the intersection of Colorado Avenue, U.S. Route 45, and U.S. Route 30 in Frankfort, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.
Lincoln-Way Central High School
School
Lincoln-Way Central High School, LWC, or Central is a public four-year high school about 3.5 miles south of Interstate 80 near the intersection of Schoolhouse Road and Lincoln Highway in New Lenox, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mokena and Frankfort.
Mokena
Town
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Mokena is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago. The population was 19,887 at the 2020 census. The Census Bureau's 2019 estimate found that the population had increased to 20,159.
Frankfort
Town
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Frankfort is a village in Will County and Cook County in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a suburb of Chicago, about 28 miles southwest of the city. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,296.
New Lenox
Town
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The South Suburbs make up a region of Chicagoland, in Illinois. The region is generally defined as the area south of I-55 and the Chicago Skyway. Many of the communities immediately near Chicago continue to have an urban character while many of the southernmost communities are suburban and exurban.
Van Horne Woods Forest Preserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Will, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.50846° or 41° 30′ 30″ northLongitude
-87.88288° or 87° 52′ 58″ westElevation
719 feet (219 metres)Open location code
86HJG458+9ROpenStreetMap ID
node 354150105OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveGeoNames ID
4914651
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