Heron Pond
Heron Pond is a nature reserve in Cook, Illinois. Heron Pond is situated nearby to the neighborhood Avalon Trails, as well as near the suburb Hegewisch.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include William W. Powers State Recreation Area and Hegewisch station.
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.
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.
Wolf Lake
Lake
Wolf Lake is an 804-acre lake that straddles the Indiana and Illinois state line near Lake Michigan. It is smaller than it was prior to settlement by European colonizers because of infilling for development around the edges.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Far Southeast Side and South Deering.
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.
South Deering
Suburb
South Deering, located on Chicago's far South Side, is the largest of the 77 official community areas of that city. Primarily an industrial area, a small residential neighborhood exists in the northeast corner and Lake Calumet takes up a large portion of the area.
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.
Heron Pond
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.6717° or 41° 40′ 18″ northLongitude
-87.567° or 87° 34′ 1″ westOpen location code
86HJMCCM+M6OpenStreetMap ID
way 350951820OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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