Guard Post 1
Guard Post 1 is a building in Elk Grove Township, Cook, Illinois. Guard Post 1 is situated nearby to the reservoir Touhy Avenue Resivoir, as well as near the historic site American Airlines Flight 191.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include O’Hare International Airport and Allstate Arena.
O’Hare International Airport
Photo: N i c o l a, CC BY 2.0.
O'Hare International Airport is one of the biggest and busiest airports in the world. It serves the city of Chicago and the rest of the Chicagoland area, with connecting flights to smaller cities throughout the Midwest.
Allstate Arena
Stadium
Photo: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Allstate Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Rosemont, Illinois, United States, northwest of Chicago, located at the corner of Mannheim Road and Lunt Avenue, just north of Mannheim Road's interchange with the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway about 3 miles north of O'Hare International Airport. Allstate Arena is situated 2 miles east of Guard Post 1.
100 gecs tree
Photo: Smokepacks, CC0.
The 100 gecs tree is a pine located in Des Plaines, Illinois, in the United States. It was featured in the cover art for the 2019 album 1000 gecs by the American musical duo 100 gecs; the tree has since become a popular attraction for fans. 100 gecs tree is situated 2 miles northeast of Guard Post 1.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elk Grove Village and Rosemont.
Elk Grove Village
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Elk Grove Village is a village in Cook and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 32,812. Located 20 miles northwest of Chicago along the Golden Corridor, the Village of Elk Grove Village was incorporated on July 17, 1956.
Rosemont
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Rosemont is a city in Cook County in the state of Illinois, just outside of Chicago. It does enormous business as the primary hotel supplier for O'Hare International Airport, but has a couple of the region's best-known concert venues as well.
Des Plaines
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Des Plaines is in Chicagoland. It is an inner-ring, northwest suburb of Chicago with two distinct portions: a suburban northern portion reminiscient of other, nearby northwest suburbs, as well as a built-up southern portion with the businesses, hotels, and other amenities of the O'Hare Airport corridor.
Guard Post 1
- Type: Canopy
- Category: building
- Location: Elk Grove Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.00606° or 42° 0′ 22″ northLongitude
-87.92733° or 87° 55′ 38″ westOpen location code
86JJ234F+C3OpenStreetMap ID
way 474736851OpenStreetMap feature
building=roof
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