Wm W Powers Conservation Area
Wm W Powers Conservation Area is a park in Cook, Illinois. Wm W Powers Conservation Area is situated nearby to the suburb Hegewisch, as well as near the locality Sheffield Estates.Places of Interest
Highlights include William W. Powers State Recreation Area and Wolf Lake.
William W. Powers State Recreation Area
Park
William W. Powers State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources on 580 acres in the Hegewisch community area of the City of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
Wolf Lake
Lake
Wolf Lake is an 804-acre lake that straddles the Indiana and Illinois state line near Lake Michigan. It is smaller than it was prior to settlement by European colonizers because of infilling for development around the edges.
Hegewisch station
Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hegewisch station is a commuter rail station in the city of Chicago, Illinois in the Hegewisch neighborhood, that serves the South Shore Line north to Millennium Station and east to the cities of Hammond, East Chicago, Gary, Michigan City, and South Bend, Indiana. Hegewisch station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Wm W Powers Conservation Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hegewisch and Robertsdale.
Hegewisch
Suburb
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hegewisch is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's far south side. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Riverdale and South Deering to the west, the East Side to the north, the village of Burnham to the south and the city of Hammond, Indiana to the east.
Robertsdale
Neighborhood
Robertsdale is a neighborhood in northernmost Hammond, Indiana, north of 129th Street and south of Lake Michigan. It is bounded to the south by Pulaski Park, to the west by the Chicago neighborhood of East Side, to the north by Lake Michigan, and to the east by the cities of Whiting and East Chicago. Robertsdale is situated 1½ miles northeast of Wm W Powers Conservation Area.
Whiting
Town
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Whiting is a city located in the Chicago Metropolitan Area in Lake County, Indiana, which was founded in 1889. The city is located on the southern shore of Lake Michigan. Whiting is situated 2 miles northeast of Wm W Powers Conservation Area.
Wm W Powers Conservation Area
- Type: Park
- Also known as: “Wolf Lake Conservation Area” and “Wolf Lake State Park”
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.66698° or 41° 40′ 1″ northLongitude
-87.53254° or 87° 31′ 57″ westElevation
584 feet (178 metres)Open location code
86HJMF88+QXGeoNames ID
4916924
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