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
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 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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.6554° or 41° 39′ 20″ northLongitude
-87.5657° or 87° 33′ 57″ westElevation
584 feet (178 metres)Operator
Chicago Park DistrictOpen location code
86HJMC4M+5POpenStreetMap ID
way 346980994OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q32359604
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In Other Languages
“Hegewisch Marsh” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hegewisch Marsh”
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Localities in the Area
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