Hegewisch Marsh

Hegewisch Marsh is a nature reserve in Cook, Illinois which is located on South Torrence Avenue. Hegewisch Marsh is situated nearby to the neighborhood Avalon Trails, as well as near the village Burnham.

Type: Nature reserve
Description: swamp in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
Address: 13200 South Torrence Avenue, Chicago, IL 60633

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hegewisch station and William W. Powers State Recreation Area.

Hegewisch station

Railway station

Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hegewisch station is a commuter rail station in the city of Chicago, Illinois in the Hegewisch neighborhood, that serves the South Shore Line north to Millennium Station and east to the cities of Hammond, East Chicago, Gary, Michigan City, and South Bend, Indiana.

William W. Powers State Recreation Area

Park

William W. Powers State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources on 580 acres in the Hegewisch community area of the City of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

Carver Military Academy

School

George Washington Carver Military Academy is a public four-year military high school located in the Riverdale area on the far south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Far Southeast Side and Hammond.

Far Southeast Side

Photo: vxla, CC BY 2.0.

The Far Southeast Side of Chicago is a huge section of Chicago with only one large tourist draw: the Pullman Historic District. Most travelers will literally just pass over this district on the Chicago Skyway, but look closely and something may catch your eye.

Hammond

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Hammond is a Chicagoland city of some 76,000 people in Lake County, Indiana—bordering Chicago's Far Southeast Side. Most visitors will find themselves passing through or on business, but Chicagoans would do well to include it in a close-in Lake County day…

Dolton

Town

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dolton is a village and south suburb in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 21,426 at the 2020 census. Dolton is located just west of the expressway Interstate 94 and immediately south of the city limits of Chicago.

Hegewisch Marsh

Categories: swamp and recreation area
Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.6554° or 41° 39′ 20″ north

Longitude

-87.5657° or 87° 33′ 57″ west

Elevation

584 feet (178 metres)

Operator

Chicago Park District

Open location code

86HJMC4M+5P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 346980994

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

Wikidata ID

Q32359604

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In Other Languages

“Hegewisch Marsh” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Hegewisch Marsh”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Avalon Trails and Hegewisch.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Thomas J. O’Brien Lock and T.J. O’Brien Lock and Dam.

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