Wright Avenue Park
Wright Avenue Park is a park in Cook, Illinois which is located on Wright Avenue. Wright Avenue Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Fieldstone, as well as near Elgin Historic District.Places of Interest
Highlights include Elgin National Watch Company Observatory and National Street/Elgin station.
Elgin National Watch Company Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
The Elgin National Watch Company Observatory is a historic building in Elgin, in the U.S. state of Illinois. It was built in 1910 to serve the Elgin National Watch Company two blocks to the west.
National Street/Elgin station
Railway station
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
National Street is one of three stations on Metra's Milwaukee District West Line in Elgin, Illinois. The station is 36.0 miles away from Chicago Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line.
Elgin High School
School
Elgin High School, or EHS, is a public four-year high school located in Elgin, Illinois, an American city 40 mi. northwest of Chicago. It is part of Elgin Area School District U46, which also includes Bartlett High School, Larkin High School, South Elgin High School, and Streamwood High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elgin Historic District and Elgin.
Elgin Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
The Elgin Historic District is a set of 697 buildings in Elgin, Illinois. Of these, 429 contribute to the district's historical integrity. The district is the oldest portion of the city, and contains mostly residences and churches.
Elgin
Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Elgin is a city in Chicagoland known for its Victorian architecture and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra.
South Elgin
Town
South Elgin is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 23,865. In 2007, Money magazine named South Elgin as 82nd of 100 entries in its "America's Best Places to Live" edition and again in 2011 as 98th of 100 entries. South Elgin is situated 2½ miles southwest of Wright Avenue Park.
Wright Avenue Park
- Type: Park
- Address: 676 Wright Avenue, Elgin, IL 60120
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.02245° or 42° 1′ 21″ northLongitude
-88.25513° or 88° 15′ 19″ westElevation
741 feet (226 metres)Open location code
86JH2PCV+XWOpenStreetMap ID
way 188258817OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4917191
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