Crawdad Slough
Crawdad Slough is a parking area in Cook, Illinois. Crawdad Slough is situated nearby to the trailhead Maple Lake-East Trail Access, as well as near the museum Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center.- Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
- Type: Parking area
- Parking: surface
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Willow Springs station and Saganashkee Slough.
Willow Springs station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Willow Springs is a station on Metra's Heritage Corridor in Willow Springs, Illinois. The station is 17.5 miles away from Union Station, the northern terminus of the line. Willow Springs station is situated 1¼ miles north of Crawdad Slough.
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. Saganashkee Slough is situated 1½ miles southwest of Crawdad Slough.
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 2 miles west of Crawdad Slough.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Willow Springs and Hickory Hills.
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.
Hickory Hills
Town
Hickory Hills is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Located principally in Palos Township, it is a suburb of Chicago. The population in 2020 was 14,505. Hickory Hills is situated 2½ miles east of Crawdad Slough.
Justice
Village
Justice is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, established in 1911. Per the 2020 census, the population was 12,600. Justice is situated 3 miles northeast of Crawdad Slough.
Crawdad Slough
- Category: transportation
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.71515° or 41° 42′ 55″ northLongitude
-87.87476° or 87° 52′ 29″ westOperator
Forest Preserve District of Cook CountyOpen location code
86HJP48G+33OpenStreetMap ID
way 401645387OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parkingOpenStreetMap attribute
parking=surface
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