Fort Sheridan
Fort Sheridan is a railway stop in Lake, Illinois. Fort Sheridan is situated nearby to the health club Core Pilates, as well as near Knoll Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Sheridan station and Fort Sheridan National Cemetery.
Fort Sheridan station
Railway station
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Fort Sheridan station is one of two stations on Metra's Union Pacific North Line located in the Fort Sheridan neighborhood in Highwood, Illinois. The station is officially located at 461 West Old Elm Road, and is 25.7 miles away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the southern terminus of the Union Pacific North Line.
Fort Sheridan National Cemetery
Cemetery
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Fort Sheridan National Cemetery was established in 1889 on the grounds of Fort Sheridan, a United States Army installation that had been established two years earlier, in 1887, in Lake County, Illinois and remained an active U.S. Army installation until 1993. Fort Sheridan National Cemetery is situated 2,700 feet north of Fort Sheridan.
Danny Cunniff Park
Park
Formerly known as Centennial Park, Danny Cunniff Park was renamed, remodeled and dedicated in 1999 after the Park District of Highland Park, Illinois received the largest private donation ever from the family of Danny Cunniff. Danny Cunniff Park is situated 1 mile southwest of Fort Sheridan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Sheridan and Highwood.
Fort Sheridan
Hamlet
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Fort Sheridan is a residential neighborhood within the cities of Lake Forest, Highwood, and Highland Park in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It was originally established as Fort Sheridan, an Army post named after Civil War cavalry general Philip Sheridan, to honor his services to Chicago.
Highwood
Village
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Highwood is a North Shore suburb of Chicago in Moraine Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,074.
Highland Park
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Highland Park is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, its population was 30,176. As a suburb of Chicago, Highland Park is located on the North Shore of the Chicago metropolitan area, about 25 miles north of downtown.
Fort Sheridan
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Lake, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.2171° or 42° 13′ 2″ northLongitude
-87.82088° or 87° 49′ 15″ westNetwork
MetraOpen location code
86JJ658H+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 5372682943OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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