Calumet City Prairie Nature Preserve

Calumet City Prairie Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Township of Thornton, Cook, Illinois. Calumet City Prairie Nature Preserve is situated nearby to the village Burnham, as well as near the neighborhood Old Downtown.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hegewisch station and Hammond Gateway station.

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.

Hammond Gateway station

Railway station

Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0.

Hammond Gateway station is a South Shore Line station in Hammond, Indiana. It is the interchange point to the Monon Corridor. Hammond Gateway station opened on October 18, 2024; the previous Hammond station, located nearby, was closed on the same day.

State Street Commercial Historic District

Historic site

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

State Street Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Hammond, Indiana. The district encompasses 28 contributing buildings in the central business district of Hammond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hammond and Far Southeast Side.

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…

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.

Calumet City

Town

Photo: vxla, CC BY 2.0.

Calumet City is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 36,033 at the 2020 census. It is a south suburb in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Calumet City Prairie Nature Preserve

Type: Nature reserve
Address: Calumet City, IL 60409
Categories: recreation area and grassland
Location: Township of Thornton, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.6281° or 41° 37′ 41″ north

Longitude

-87.5454° or 87° 32′ 43″ west

Operator

Forest Preserve District of Cook County

Open location code

86HJJFH3+6R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 417100797

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=grassland

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Burnham and Old Downtown.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Castaways Bowl and Burnham Village Hall.

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