The Backstop

The Backstop is a building in DuPage County, Illinois. The Backstop is situated nearby to Ty Warner Park, as well as near the playground Ty Warner Spray Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Westmont station and Clarendon Hills station.

Westmont station

Railway station

Photo: Chris Phan, CC BY 2.0.

Westmont is a station on Metra's BNSF Line in Westmont, Illinois. The station is 19.4 miles from Union Station, the east end of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Westmont is in zone 3. Westmont station is situated 1½ miles south of The Backstop.

Clarendon Hills station

Railway station

Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0.

Clarendon Hills is a station on Metra's BNSF Line in Clarendon Hills, Illinois. The station is 18.3 rail miles from Chicago Union Station, the east end of Metra service on this line. Clarendon Hills station is situated 1½ miles southeast of The Backstop.

Midwestern University

University

Photo: Mbatmwu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Midwestern University is a private graduate school with campuses in Downers Grove, Illinois and Glendale, Arizona. As of the 2022–23 academic year, a total of 2,758 students were enrolled at the Downers Grove campus and 3,782 were enrolled at the Glendale campus. Midwestern University is situated 2 miles northwest of The Backstop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westmont and Clarendon Hills.

Westmont

Town

Photo: Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Westmont is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago. As of the 2020 census, Westmont had a population of 24,429.

Clarendon Hills

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Clarendon Hills is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,702 at the 2020 census. It is a south-west suburb of Chicago.

Oak Brook

Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0.

Oak Brook is a village in the Western Suburbs of Chicago, within the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor, one of the principal economic centers in Chicagoland.

The Backstop

Type: Building
Location: DuPage County, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.81501° or 41° 48′ 54″ north

Longitude

-87.96968° or 87° 58′ 11″ west

Open location code

86HJR28J+24

OpenStreetMap ID

way 243242184

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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