Thorn Creek Nature Preserve
Thorn Creek Nature Preserve is a park in Monee Township, Will, Illinois. Thorn Creek Nature Preserve is situated nearby to the tourism office Nature Center, as well as near Saint Mary’s Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include University Park station and Richton Park station.
University Park station
Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
University Park is a station on Metra's Metra Electric District line located in University Park, Illinois. University Park is the southern terminus of the Metra Electric main line and is 31.5 miles away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station. University Park station is situated 1¼ miles west of Thorn Creek Nature Preserve.
Richton Park station
Railway station
Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0.
Richton Park is the penultimate station along the main branch of the Metra Electric line, in Richton Park, Illinois. It is located on Sauk Trail, east of Governor's Highway, and is 29.3 miles away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station. Richton Park station is situated 2 miles north of Thorn Creek Nature Preserve.
Richton Park Public Library District
Library
The Richton Park Library District was founded in 1972 when village trustees rented a storefront at 22365 Governors Highway in Richton Park, Illinois. Volunteers had to engage in extensive cleaning and renovation in order to convert the former coffee-house into a library. Richton Park Public Library District is situated 2 miles northwest of Thorn Creek Nature Preserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include University Park and Richton Park.
University Park
Village
University Park is a village in Will County with a small portion in Cook County in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a south suburb of Chicago. The village is one of the region's few planned communities; it was developed in the 1960s as Wood Hill, then Park Forest South, and finally University Park. University Park is situated 1½ miles southeast of Thorn Creek Nature Preserve.
Richton Park
Village
Richton Park is a village and south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,775 at the 2020 census. Richton Park is situated 2 miles north of Thorn Creek Nature Preserve.
Park Forest
Village
Park Forest is a village and south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small southern portion in Will County. The village was originally designed by Loebl Schlossman & Bennett as a planned community for veterans returning from World War II. Park Forest is situated 2 miles northeast of Thorn Creek Nature Preserve.
Thorn Creek Nature Preserve
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Monee Township, Will, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.45904° or 41° 27′ 33″ northLongitude
-87.69887° or 87° 41′ 56″ westOperator
Forest Preserve District of Will CountyOpen location code
86HJF852+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3036340189OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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