Cross Monument
Cross Monument is a monument in Moraine Township, Lake, Illinois. Cross Monument is situated nearby to Fort Sheridan National Cemetery, as well as near the military installation US Army Reserve Center.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Sheridan National Cemetery and Fort Sheridan station.
Fort Sheridan National Cemetery
Cemetery
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Fort Sheridan National Cemetery was established in 1889 on the grounds of Fort Sheridan, a United States Army installation that had been established two years earlier, in 1887, in Lake County, Illinois and remained an active U.S. Army installation until 1993.
Fort Sheridan station
Railway station
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Fort Sheridan station is one of two stations on Metra's Union Pacific North Line located in the Fort Sheridan neighborhood in Highwood, Illinois. The station is officially located at 461 West Old Elm Road, and is 25.7 miles away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the southern terminus of the Union Pacific North Line. Fort Sheridan station is situated 2,400 feet south of Cross Monument.
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart
School
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart is a private, Roman Catholic girls' high school in Lake Forest, Illinois, north of Chicago. Founded by the Society of the Sacred Heart, it is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago but is run by lay staff with several Sisters sitting on the Board of Trustees. Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart is situated 1 mile northwest of Cross Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Sheridan and Highwood.
Fort Sheridan
Hamlet
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Fort Sheridan is a residential neighborhood within the cities of Lake Forest, Highwood, and Highland Park in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It was originally established as Fort Sheridan, an Army post named after Civil War cavalry general Philip Sheridan, to honor his services to Chicago.
Highwood
Village
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Highwood is a North Shore suburb of Chicago in Moraine Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,074. Highwood is situated 2 miles south of Cross Monument.
Lake Forest
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Lake Forest is an idyllic suburb in the North Shore region of Illinois. An integral part of Chicago's ritzy North Shore suburban area, Lake Forest is true to its name and reputation.
Cross Monument
- Type: Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: Moraine Township, Lake, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.22409° or 42° 13′ 27″ northLongitude
-87.82065° or 87° 49′ 14″ westOpen location code
86JJ65FH+JPOpenStreetMap ID
node 9890735017OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include US Army Reserve Center and Jean and John Greene Nature Preserve.
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