Des Plaines River Scenic Overlook
Des Plaines River Scenic Overlook is a scenic viewpoint in Downers Grove, DuPage County, Illinois. Des Plaines River Scenic Overlook is situated near the lake Quary Ponds, as well as near the pitch Lemont Police Shooting Range.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Lemont station and Cog Hill Golf & Country Club.
Lemont station
Railway station
Lemont station is a station on Metra's Heritage Corridor in Lemont, Illinois. The station is 25.3 miles away from Union Station, the northern terminus of the line. Lemont station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Des Plaines River Scenic Overlook.
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
Golf course
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club is a public golf course and country club located in Palos Park, Illinois, 30 miles southwest of Chicago. Cog Hill hosted the PGA Tour's BMW Championship from 2009 to 2011 on its championship course Dubsdread, as well as 16 times when the tournament was known as the Western Open. Cog Hill Golf & Country Club is situated 2 miles southeast of Des Plaines River Scenic Overlook.
Lemont High School
School
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lemont and Darien.
Lemont
Darien
Town
Darien is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 22,011. A southwestern suburb of Chicago, Darien was named after the town of Darien, Connecticut. Darien is situated 4 miles north of Des Plaines River Scenic Overlook.
Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook is a village in Will and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago on I-55 and Historic Route 66. The village was a new town built on the Gateway Wetlands west of the Des Plaines River in the 1960s.Des Plaines River Scenic Overlook
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Category: tourism
- Location: Downers Grove, DuPage County, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.69296° or 41° 41′ 35″ north
Longitude
-87.98354° or 87° 59′ 1″ west
Open location code
86HJM2V8+5H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Quary Ponds and Lemont Police Shooting Range.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Ground Water Extraction Pump Station (323) and Waste Water Trench (317B).
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