Batting Cages

Batting Cages is a pitch in Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois. Batting Cages is situated nearby to the pitch Roller Skate Hockey Field, as well as near 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame Museum.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forest Park station and Forest Home Cemetery.

Forest Park station

Metro station

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Forest Park is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in the village of Forest Park, Illinois and serving the Blue Line. Before the Congress Line was built, it served as terminal for the Garfield Line. Forest Park station is situated 800 feet northwest of Batting Cages.

Forest Home Cemetery

Cemetery

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Forest Home Cemetery is a cemetery located at 863 S. Des Plaines Ave, Forest Park, Illinois, United States. Located adjacent to the Eisenhower Expressway, it straddles the Des Plaines River in Cook County, just west of Chicago. Forest Home Cemetery is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Batting Cages.

Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument

Memorial

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The Haymarket Martyrs' Monument is a funeral monument and sculpture located at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Dedicated in 1893, it commemorates the defendants involved in labor unrest who were blamed, convicted, and executed for the still unsolved bombing during the Haymarket Affair. Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument is situated 1,700 feet southwest of Batting Cages.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forest Park and Maywood.

Forest Park

Village

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Forest Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. The population was 14,339 at the 2020 census. The Forest Park terminal on the CTA Blue Line is the line's western terminus, located on the Eisenhower Expressway at Des Plaines Avenue.

Maywood

Town

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Maywood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, in the Chicago metropolitan area. It was founded on April 6, 1869, and organized October 22, 1881. The population was 23,512 at the 2020 census. Maywood is situated 1½ miles west of Batting Cages.