Pulaski Woods
Pulaski Woods is a picnic site in Cook, Illinois. Pulaski Woods is situated nearby to the trailhead Bullfrog Lake Trail Access, as well as near Wolf Road Woods Trail Access.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saganashkee Slough and Red Gate Woods.
Saganashkee Slough
Reservoir
Saganashkee Slough is a 377 acres, manmade riparian lake that forms part of the valley of the Cal-Sag Channel. It is located in the Palos Forest Preserves of Cook County, Illinois, on wetland that was drained but was later reverted to a lake starting in 1948-1949 by the construction of dams and levees.
Red Gate Woods
Picnic site
Photo: Joseph Gage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Red Gate Woods is a forest preserve section within the Palos Forest Preserves, a division of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois. It is located near where the Cal-Sag Channel meets the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Red Gate Woods is situated 1 mile west of Pulaski Woods.
Site A
Landfill
Site A was a research facility near Chicago where, during World War II, research on behalf of the Manhattan Project was carried out. Operated by the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory, it was the site of Chicago Pile-2, a reconstructed and enlarged version of the world's first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1. Site A is situated 1 mile southwest of Pulaski Woods.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Willow Springs and Burr Ridge.
Willow Springs
Village
Photo: MrHarman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Willow Springs is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion extending into DuPage County. The village was founded in 1892 and was named for the springs along the Des Plaines River. In 2020, the population was 5,857. Willow Springs is situated 2½ miles northeast of Pulaski Woods.
Burr Ridge
Village
Burr Ridge is a village in Cook and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,192. Burr Ridge is situated 3 miles north of Pulaski Woods.
Hickory Hills
Town
Hickory Hills is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Located principally in Palos Township, it is a suburb of Chicago. The population in 2020 was 14,505. Hickory Hills is situated 4 miles east of Pulaski Woods.
Pulaski Woods
- Type: Picnic site
- Category: tourism
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.70853° or 41° 42′ 31″ northLongitude
-87.89648° or 87° 53′ 47″ westOperator
Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyOpen location code
86HJP453+CCOpenStreetMap ID
node 8975885634OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=picnic_site
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