Flying Saucer
Flying Saucer is a work of art in Monee Township, Will, Illinois. Flying Saucer is situated nearby to the sports venue Governors State University Gymnasium, as well as near Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include University Park station and Richton Park station.
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. University Park station is situated 3,100 feet northwest of Flying Saucer.
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 2½ miles north of Flying Saucer.
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 2 miles north of Flying Saucer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include University Park and Richton 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 2 miles southeast of Flying Saucer.
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 2½ miles north of Flying Saucer.
Monee
Village
Monee is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States, It is a south suburb of Chicago. The population was 5,128 at the 2020 census. Monee is situated 2½ miles southwest of Flying Saucer.
Flying Saucer
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Category: tourism
- Location: Monee Township, Will, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.45163° or 41° 27′ 6″ northLongitude
-87.71874° or 87° 43′ 8″ westOpen location code
86HJF72J+MGOpenStreetMap ID
node 6512589565OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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