Maple Lake Overlook
Maple Lake Overlook is a parking area in Cook, Illinois. Maple Lake Overlook is situated nearby to Maple Lake Boating Center Accessible Fishing Area, as well as near the trailhead Maple Lake Boating Center Trail Access.- Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
- Type: Parking area
- Parking: surface
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Willow Springs station and Red Gate Woods.
Willow Springs station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Willow Springs is a station on Metra's Heritage Corridor in Willow Springs, Illinois. The station is 17.5 miles away from Union Station, the northern terminus of the line. Willow Springs station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Maple Lake Overlook.
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. Red Gate Woods is situated 1 mile west of Maple Lake Overlook.
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. Saganashkee Slough is situated 1½ miles south of Maple Lake Overlook.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Willow Springs and Palisades.
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 2 miles northeast of Maple Lake Overlook.
Palisades
Neighborhood
Palisades is an unincorporated community in Downers Grove Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Palisades is located along the north bank of the Des Plaines River and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Palisades is situated 2 miles west of Maple Lake Overlook.
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 2½ miles northwest of Maple Lake Overlook.
Maple Lake Overlook
- Category: transportation
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.71607° or 41° 42′ 58″ northLongitude
-87.89222° or 87° 53′ 32″ westOperator
Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyOpen location code
86HJP485+C4OpenStreetMap ID
way 187516431OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parkingOpenStreetMap attribute
parking=surface
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