McDowell Grove Forest Preserve
McDowell Grove Forest Preserve, located in Naperville, state of Illinois, is a 439-acre preserve on the West Branch of the DuPage River. The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County purchased the first tract of land for this preserve from Alexander McDowell in 1930.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: county forest preserve in Naperville, Illinois
- Also known as: “Mcdowell grove forest preserve” and “Mcdowell Grove Forest Preserve”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Route 59 station and Naperville Railway Station.
Route 59 station
Railway station
Photo: Lost on Belmont, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Route 59 station is a Metra station along the BNSF Line on the border of Aurora, Illinois, and Naperville, Illinois. The station is located at, and named for, Illinois Route 59, to distinguish itself from Naperville to the east and Aurora to the west.
Naperville Railway Station
Railway station
Naperville is a train station in Naperville, Illinois, served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. Amtrak trains stopping at the Naperville station include the California Zephyr, Illinois Zephyr, Carl Sandburg, and Southwest Chief.
Centennial Beach
Beach
Photo: Supracoriolis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Centennial Beach is a public aquatic park located at 500 W. Jackson Avenue in Naperville, Illinois. The Beach is within an abandoned, double quarry alongside the DuPage River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Naperville and Warrenville.
Naperville
Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0.
Naperville is a bedroom community in the Chicagoland area. In 2008, Money magazine ranked Naperville third on its list of the 100 best places to live in the United States.
Warrenville
Town
Warrenville is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 15,195 at the 2024 special census. Warrenville is a far west suburb of Chicago on the DuPage River.
McDowell Grove Forest Preserve
- Categories: protected area and recreation area
- Location: DuPage County, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.7937° or 41° 47′ 37″ northLongitude
-88.1817° or 88° 10′ 54″ westElevation
689 feet (210 metres)Open location code
86HHQRV9+F8OpenStreetMap ID
way 189337058OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q6801016
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