Des Plaines Riverway Forest Preserve
Des Plaines Riverway Forest Preserve is a nature reserve in Cook, Illinois. Des Plaines Riverway Forest Preserve is situated nearby to the neighborhood Palisades, as well as near the hamlet Sag Bridge.Places of Interest
Highlights include St. James Catholic Church and Cemetery and Red Gate Woods.
St. James Catholic Church and Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. James Catholic Church and Cemetery, also known as St. James at Sag Bridge Church is a historic church and cemetery in the Sag Bridge area of the village of Lemont, Illinois.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burr Ridge and Darien.
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.
Darien
Town
Photo: Hsully03, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darien is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 22,011. A southwestern suburb of Chicago, Darien was named after the town of Darien, Connecticut.
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.
Des Plaines Riverway Forest Preserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.715° or 41° 42′ 54″ northLongitude
-87.9232° or 87° 55′ 24″ westOperator
Forest Preserve District of DuPage CountyOpen location code
86HJP38G+2POpenStreetMap ID
way 1511728413OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Localities in the Area
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