West Ridge Nature Preserve

West Ridge Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in , , which is located on North Western Avenue. West Ridge Nature Preserve is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .
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  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Also known as: “Park No. 568”
  • Address: 5801 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leather Archives & Museum and Kollel.

Museum
Photo: Skvader, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Leather Archives & Museum is a community archives, library, and museum located in the Rogers Park neighborhood of , Illinois. Founded by Chuck Renslow and Tony DeBlase in 1991, its mission is making “leather, kink, BDSM, and fetish accessible…

Synagogue
A is an institute for full-time, advanced study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature. Like a yeshiva, a features shiurim and learning sedarim; unlike most yeshivot, the student body of a typically consists mostly of married men.

Library
Photo: Daniel X. O’Neil, CC BY 2.0.
is a branch of the Chicago Public Library located at 3401 W. Foster Ave. in the neighborhood of , in the U.S. state of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rogers Park and North Lincoln.

Photo: Jdsteakley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the northern border of — the wild-eyed inheritor of uninhibited lakefront, swamps become beaches, and the beauty of Chicago bricks.

Photo: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY 2.0.
is a collection of neighborhoods on the north side of through which Lincoln Avenue wanders, remembering treasures and curiosities of the last century in Chicago life, moving along, and forgetting them all over again.

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Uptown is a scruffy, jazz-inflected neighborhood on the north side of . Within its boundaries, off to the side of the action, are the residential areas of Sheridan Park and Buena Park, and an exciting Southeast Asian community based around Argyle Street.

West Ridge Nature Preserve

Latitude
41.9875° or 41° 59′ 15″ north
Longitude
-87.6883° or 87° 41′ 18″ west
Operator
Chicago Park District
Open location code
86HJX8P6+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 346976154
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Arcadia Terrace and Granville Gardens.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Garden of Serenity and Rain Garden Springs.

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