Gillson Dog Beach
Gillson Dog Beach is a dog park in Cook, Illinois. Gillson Dog Beach is situated nearby to Aquatics Beach, as well as near the river Wilmette Harbor.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Baháʼí House of Worship and Gillson Park.
Baháʼí House of Worship
Bahá’í temple
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The Baháʼí House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, is a Baháʼí temple. It is the second Baháʼí House of Worship constructed and the oldest one still standing. Baháʼí House of Worship is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Gillson Dog Beach.
Grosse Point Light
Lighthouse
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The historic Grosse Point Light is located in Evanston, Illinois. Following several shipping disasters near Evanston, residents successfully lobbied the federal government for a lighthouse. Grosse Point Light is situated 1 mile south of Gillson Dog Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wilmette and Kenilworth.
Wilmette
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Wilmette is 16 miles north of Chicago. It is part of the affluent corridor of lakefront Chicago suburbs known as the North Shore. It is the location of the world's oldest still-standing Bahá'í House of Worship.
Kenilworth
Village
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Kenilworth is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, 15 miles north of downtown Chicago. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,514. Kenilworth is situated 2 miles northwest of Gillson Dog Beach.
Central Street
Neighborhood
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Central Street is the principal east-west artery in the far north of Evanston, Illinois and is a major thoroughfare in other northern and northwest suburbs of Chicago. Central Street is situated 2 miles southwest of Gillson Dog Beach.
Gillson Dog Beach
- Type: Dog park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.0777° or 42° 4′ 40″ northLongitude
-87.68092° or 87° 40′ 51″ westOperator
Wilmette Park DistrictOpen location code
86JJ38H9+3JOpenStreetMap ID
way 482336185OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=dog_park
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aquatics Beach and Wilmette Harbor.
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