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 nearby to the pitch Lemont Police Shooting Range, as well as near Old Lincoln Park Nursery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Argonne National Laboratory and Lemont station.
Argonne National Laboratory
Research institute
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Argonne National Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center in Lemont, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1946, the laboratory is sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and operated by the University of Chicago through the subordinate UChicago Argonne LLC. Argonne National Laboratory is situated 1¼ miles north of Des Plaines River Scenic Overlook.
Lemont station
Railway station
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lemont and Palisades.
Lemont
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Lemont is a village in the Chicagoland region of Illinois, a state in the Midwest of the United States of America.
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 3 miles northeast of Des Plaines River Scenic Overlook.
Darien
Town
Photo: Hsully03, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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″ northLongitude
-87.98354° or 87° 59′ 1″ westOpen location code
86HJM2V8+5HOpenStreetMap ID
node 5631437027OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lemont Police Shooting Range and Old Lincoln Park Nursery.
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