Great Lakes

Great Lakes is a railway stop in Shields Township, Lake, Illinois. Great Lakes is situated nearby to F-14 Tomcat, as well as near the power station North Chicago Energy Center.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Lakes station and National Museum of the American Sailor.

Great Lakes station

Railway station

The Great Lakes station is one of two commuter railroad stations in North Chicago, Illinois, served by Metra's Union Pacific North Line. The station is 32.2 miles away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the inbound terminus of the Union Pacific North Line, and also serves commuters who travel north to Kenosha, Wisconsin.

National Museum of the American Sailor

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The National Museum of the American Sailor is one of 10 Navy Museums that are operated by the Naval History & Heritage Command. As an official Department of the Navy Museum, the National Museum of the American Sailor's mission is to select, collect, preserve, and interpret the history of the United States Navy with particular emphasis on the Navy's enlisted Sailor. National Museum of the American Sailor is situated 2,500 feet north of Great Lakes.

Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois

Office

The Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, is a command unit within the United States Navy primarily responsible for conducting the initial orientation of incoming recruits, also known as boot camp and recruit training, or RTC. Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Great Lakes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Chicago and Lake Bluff.

North Chicago

Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

North Chicago is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 30,759 at the 2020 census making it the third-most populous city by population in the county, after Waukegan and Mundelein.

Lake Bluff

Village

Photo: Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lake Bluff is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 5,616. Lake Bluff is situated 2 miles south of Great Lakes.

Great Lakes

Type: Railway stop
Categories: transport stop and transportation
Location: Shields Township, Lake, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.30628° or 42° 18′ 23″ north

Longitude

-87.84661° or 87° 50′ 48″ west

Network

Metra

Open location code

86JJ8543+G9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 235220010

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

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