Maple Lake
Maple Lake is a picnic site in Cook, Illinois. Maple Lake is situated nearby to the museum Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, as well as near the reservoir Saganashkee Slough.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Willow Springs station and Saganashkee Slough.
Willow Springs station
Railway station
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Willow Springs is a station on Metra's Heritage Corridor in Willow Springs, Illinois. The station is 17.5 miles away from Union Station, the northern terminus of the line. Willow Springs station is situated 1½ miles north of Maple Lake.
Saganashkee Slough
Reservoir
Saganashkee Slough is a 377 acres, manmade riparian lake that forms part of the valley of the Cal-Sag Channel. It is located in the Palos Forest Preserves of Cook County, Illinois, on wetland that was drained but was later reverted to a lake starting in 1948-1949 by the construction of dams and levees.
Red Gate Woods
Picnic site
Photo: Joseph Gage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Red Gate Woods is a forest preserve section within the Palos Forest Preserves, a division of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois. Red Gate Woods is situated 1½ miles west of Maple Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Willow Springs and Palisades.
Willow Springs
Village
Photo: MrHarman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Willow Springs is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion extending into DuPage County. The village was founded in 1892 and was named for the springs along the Des Plaines River. In 2020, the population was 5,857. Willow Springs is situated 1½ miles northeast of Maple Lake.
Palisades
Neighborhood
Palisades is an unincorporated community in Downers Grove Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Palisades is located along the north bank of the Des Plaines River and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Palisades is situated 2½ miles west of Maple Lake.
Burr Ridge
Village
Burr Ridge is a village in Cook and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,192. Burr Ridge is situated 3 miles northwest of Maple Lake.
Maple Lake
- Type: Picnic site
- Category: tourism
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.71401° or 41° 42′ 50″ northLongitude
-87.88303° or 87° 52′ 59″ westOperator
Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyOpen location code
86HJP478+JQOpenStreetMap ID
node 4196011308OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=picnic_site
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