James Woodworth Prairie Preserve (Peacock Prairie)

James Woodworth Prairie Preserve (Peacock Prairie) is a nature reserve in Maine Township, Cook, Illinois, which is located on Milwaukee Avenue. James Woodworth Prairie Preserve (Peacock Prairie) is situated near the neighborhood Southgate at The Glen, as well as near Swainwood.

Opening hours: June–August Saturday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
Type: Nature reserve
Address: 9831 and 9845 Milwaukee Avenue, Glenview, IL 60025

Places of Interest

Highlights: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and Maine North High School.

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital is a 645-bed non-profit teaching hospital located in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois. Founded in 1897, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital is the sixth largest hospital in the Chicago area, and it operates a Level I trauma center.

Maine North High School

Police station

Photo: Brett Clark, APR, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Maine North High School was a public four–year high school in Des Plaines, Illinois, United States, located northwest of Chicago. Maine North was located in unincorporated Maine Township, part of Maine Township High School District 207.

Kennicott Grove

Nature reserve

Photo: Teemu008, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kennicott Grove is an area of prairie and wooded lands in Glenview, Illinois, United States. It includes the home of John Kennicott and his family, including his son Robert Kennicott.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glenview and Niles.

Glenview

Photo: Ryan Stavely, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Glenview is a town of some 45,000 people in suburban Cook County, Illinois, part of the Chicagoland area. Once home to the Glenview Naval Air Station, the 1,121-acre facility was turned over to the local government and was redeveloped as The Glen, one of Glenview's prime residential and commercial areas.

Niles

Photo: VNiles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Niles is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, located in the townships of Maine and Niles, directly neighboring Chicago's far northwest border. Per the 2020 census, the population was 30,912. The current mayor of Niles is George Alpogianis.

Des Plaines

Photo: bogdanstepniak, CC BY 3.0.

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.

James Woodworth Prairie Preserve (Peacock Prairie)

Categories: recreation area and grassland
Location: Maine Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

42.0598° or 42° 3′ 35″ north

Longitude

-87.8419° or 87° 50′ 31″ west

Operator

University of Illinois Chicago

Open location code

86JJ3555+W6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 666845174

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=grassland

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Southgate at The Glen and Swainwood.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Tracy’s and Ridgewood Cemetery.

Illinois: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Chicago and Springfield.

Curious Nature Reserves to Discover

Uncover intriguing nature reserves from every corner of the globe.