Heritage Quarries Recreation Area

Heritage Quarries Recreation Area is a protected area in Lemont Township, Cook, Illinois. Heritage Quarries Recreation Area is situated nearby to The Forge: Lemont Quarries, as well as near the lake The Forge Quarry.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Assisi Academy and Cog Hill Golf & Country Club.

Mount Assisi Academy

School

Mount Assisi Academy was a private, Roman Catholic, all-girls high school in Lemont, Illinois, United States that closed in 2014. It was located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. Mount Assisi Academy is situated 3,900 feet east of Heritage Quarries Recreation Area.

Cog Hill Golf & Country Club

Golf course

Cog Hill Golf & Country Club is a public golf course and country club located in Palos Park, Illinois, 30 miles southwest of Chicago. Cog Hill hosted the PGA Tour's BMW Championship from 2009 to 2011 on its championship course Dubsdread, as well as 16 times when the tournament was known as the Western Open. Cog Hill Golf & Country Club is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Heritage Quarries Recreation Area.

Lemont station

Railway station

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Lemont station is a station on Metra's Heritage Corridor in Lemont, Illinois. The station is 25.3 miles away from Union Station, the northern terminus of the line. Lemont station is situated 2 miles southwest of Heritage Quarries Recreation Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lemont and Palisades.

Lemont

Photo: Ryanmcv, Public domain.

Lemont is a village in the Chicagoland region of Illinois, a state in the Midwest of the United States of America.

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 3 miles northeast of Heritage Quarries Recreation Area.

Darien

Town

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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. Darien is situated 4½ miles north of Heritage Quarries Recreation Area.

Heritage Quarries Recreation Area

Type: Protected area
Location: Lemont Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.68622° or 41° 41′ 10″ north

Longitude

-87.97209° or 87° 58′ 20″ west

Open location code

86HJM2PH+F5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 223423508

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Forge: Lemont Quarries and The Forge Quarry.

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