Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Forest Preserve District of Cook County is in Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois. Forest Preserve District of Cook County is situated nearby to the school Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy, as well as near the nature reserve Miller Meadow North.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy and Forest Home Cemetery.
Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy
School
Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy is a selective enrollment high school in Forest Park, Illinois, United States that opened to 126 freshmen in 2005. Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy is situated 500 feet northeast of Forest Preserve District of Cook County.
Forest Home Cemetery
Cemetery
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Forest Home Cemetery is a cemetery located at 863 S. Des Plaines Ave, Forest Park, Illinois, United States. Located adjacent to the Eisenhower Expressway, it straddles the Des Plaines River in Cook County, just west of Chicago. Forest Home Cemetery is situated 3,800 feet northeast of Forest Preserve District of Cook County.
Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument
Memorial
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The Haymarket Martyrs' Monument is a funeral monument and sculpture located at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Dedicated in 1893, it commemorates the defendants involved in labor unrest who were blamed, convicted, and executed for the still unsolved bombing during the Haymarket Affair. Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument is situated 4,200 feet northeast of Forest Preserve District of Cook County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broadview and Maywood.
Broadview
Village
Broadview is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, 12 miles west of downtown Chicago. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 7,998. Broadview is the site of a Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility at the center of Operation Midway Blitz and has been the site of regular protests.
Maywood
Town
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Maywood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, in the Chicago metropolitan area. It was founded on April 6, 1869, and organized October 22, 1881. The population was 23,512 at the 2020 census.
Forest Park
Village
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Forest Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. The population was 14,339 at the 2020 census. The Forest Park terminal on the CTA Blue Line is the line's western terminus, located on the Eisenhower Expressway at Des Plaines Avenue.
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
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- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.86426° or 41° 51′ 51″ northLongitude
-87.83314° or 87° 49′ 59″ westOperator
Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyOpen location code
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