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Elmwood Dunes Preserve

Elmwood Dunes Preserve is a nature reserve in , which is located on Elmwood Avenue. Elmwood Dunes Preserve is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the neighborhood .
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  • Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Address: Elmwood Avenue, Wilmette, IL 60091

Places of Interest

Highlights include Linden station and Baháʼí House of Worship.

Railway station
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Linden is an 'L' station and the northern terminus of Purple Line. It is the only 'L' stop in , and is located at 349 Linden Avenue.

Bahá’í temple
Photo: Wenbinbin2010, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The in is a Baháʼí temple. It is the second ever constructed and the oldest one still standing.

Lighthouse
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The historic is located in . Following several shipping disasters near Evanston, residents successfully lobbied the federal government for a lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wilmette and Evanston.

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is 16 miles north of . It is part of the affluent corridor of lakefront Chicago suburbs known as the . It is the location of the world's oldest still-standing Bahá'í House of Worship.

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is a city in the region of along the shores of . has many identities: college town, dining destination, cultural center and gateway to the wealthy North Shore, although the city itself is anything but homogeneous in regards to economic status, culture and race.

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is a village in , United States, 16 miles north of downtown . The population was 12,475 as of the 2020 census. The village is one of the wealthiest places in the United States in terms of household income.

Elmwood Dunes Preserve

Latitude
42.083° or 42° 4′ 59″ north
Longitude
-87.6932° or 87° 41′ 36″ west
Operator
Village of Wilmette
Open location code
86JJ38M4+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1200640147
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
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