University Park
University Park is a railway stop in Monee Township, Will, Illinois. University Park is situated nearby to the golf course University Golf Club, as well as near the village Richton Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include University Park station and Richton Park Public Library District.
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.
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 1½ miles north of University Park.
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 University Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Richton Park and University Park.
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 northeast of University 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 2½ miles southeast of University Park.
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 3 miles northeast of University Park.
University Park
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Monee Township, Will, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.45898° or 41° 27′ 32″ northLongitude
-87.7236° or 87° 43′ 25″ westNetwork
MetraOpen location code
86HJF75G+HHOpenStreetMap ID
node 5746145682OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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