Saganashkee Slough - Central

Saganashkee Slough - Central is a parking area in Cook, Illinois. Saganashkee Slough - Central is situated nearby to the trailhead Wolf Road Woods Trail Access, as well as near the village Willow Springs.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saganashkee Slough and Site A.

Saganashkee Slough

Reservoir

Saganashkee Slough is a 377 acres, manmade riparian lake that forms part of the valley of the Cal-Sag Channel. It is located in the Palos Forest Preserves of Cook County, Illinois, on wetland that was drained but was later reverted to a lake starting in 1948-1949 by the construction of dams and levees.

Site A

Landfill

Photo: Eric Schmuttenmaer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Site A was a research facility near Chicago where, during World War II, research on behalf of the Manhattan Project was carried out. Operated by the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory, it was the site of Chicago Pile-2, a reconstructed and enlarged version of the world's first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1. Site A is situated 3,900 feet northwest of Saganashkee Slough - Central.

Red Gate Woods

Picnic site

Photo: Joseph Gage, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Red Gate Woods is a forest preserve section within the Palos Forest Preserves, a division of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois. Red Gate Woods is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Saganashkee Slough - Central.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Willow Springs and Burr Ridge.

Willow Springs

Village

Photo: MrHarman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Willow Springs is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion extending into DuPage County. The village was founded in 1892 and was named for the springs along the Des Plaines River. In 2020, the population was 5,857. Willow Springs is situated 3 miles northeast of Saganashkee Slough - Central.

Burr Ridge

Village

Burr Ridge is a village in Cook and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,192. Burr Ridge is situated 4 miles north of Saganashkee Slough - Central.

Palos Park

Village

Palos Park is a village in southwestern Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 4,899. Palos Park is situated 4 miles southeast of Saganashkee Slough - Central.

Saganashkee Slough - Central

Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
Type: Parking area
Category: transportation
Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.69754° or 41° 41′ 51″ north

Longitude

-87.89871° or 87° 53′ 55″ west

Parking

surface

Operator

Forest Preserve District of Cook County

Open location code

86HJM4X2+2G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 360620198

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=parking

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