Volo Bog State Natural Area
Volo Bog State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Illinois, United States, preserving Volo Bog. The bog was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1973 as the only remaining open-water quaking bog in Illinois.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: state park in Lake County, Illinois, USA
- Also known as: “Volo Bog Nature Preserve”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Volo Auto Museum and Wooster Lake.
Volo Auto Museum
Museum
Established in 1960 by the Grams family, the Volo Museum is an automotive museum and collector car dealer in the Chicago suburb of Volo, Illinois, US. The museum contains an exhibit of collectors' autos from vintage to modern classics, with the main focus…
Wooster Lake
Wooster Lake is a lake in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is located near Illinois Route 134 and Wilson Road, predominantly in unincorporated Ingleside, northeast of the Village of Volo, northwest of the Village of Round Lake, and southeast of the Village of Fox Lake.Ingleside station
Railway station
Photo: Mitchazenia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ingleside is the penultimate commuter railroad station along Metra's Milwaukee District North Line in Ingleside, Illinois. The station is officially located on Washington Street and Rollins Road, however the actual location is off of Rollins Road itself.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fox Lake and Chain O’ Lakes.
Fox Lake
Photo: bogdanstepniak, CC BY 3.0.
Fox Lake is a village in Lake County, Illinois and Burton Township, McHenry County, Illinois, United States. Fox Lake is a northwestern Chicago suburb. The population was 10,978 at the 2020 census. It is located 50 miles north of Chicago.
Chain O’ Lakes
The Chain O' Lakes is a region in the northwestern part of greater Chicagoland which is composed of 15 lakes connected by the Fox River and man-made channels.
Lakemoor
Hamlet
Lakemoor is a village in Lake and McHenry counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 6,182.
Volo Bog State Natural Area
- Categories: Illinois state park, natural area, and recreation area
- Location: Lake, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.3559° or 42° 21′ 21″ northLongitude
-88.1861° or 88° 11′ 10″ westElevation
755 feet (230 metres)Inception
1970Open location code
86JH9R47+9GOpenStreetMap ID
way 299568486OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q7940533
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