Black Walnut Creek Preserve
Black Walnut Creek Preserve is a nature reserve in Crete Township, Will, Illinois. Black Walnut Creek Preserve is situated nearby to the village University Park, as well as near the hamlet Goodenow.Places of Interest
Highlights include Balmoral Park and Crete-Monee High School.
Balmoral Park
Balmoral Park is an equestrian facility located just south of Crete, Illinois, United States. It operated from 1926 to 2015 as a horse racing track. It reopened in 2017 as a horse show facility under the same name, though this operation folded after only a few years.Crete-Monee High School
School
Crete-Monee High School is a four-year public high school located in Crete, Illinois, a far south suburb of Chicago, in the United States. Known colloquially as Crete, the high school houses students representing the surrounding communities of Crete, Monee, University Park, and portions of Park Forest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include University Park and Crete.
University Park
Village
University Park is a village in Will County with a small portion in Cook County in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a south suburb of Chicago. The village is one of the region's few planned communities; it was developed in the 1960s as Wood Hill, then Park Forest South, and finally University Park.
Crete
Village
Crete is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. It is a far south suburb of Chicago, 30 miles from the Loop and only 6 miles from the Indiana border.
Steger
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Steger is a village in Cook County and Will County, Illinois, United States. It is 35 miles south of Chicago and had a population of 9,584 at the 2020 census.
Black Walnut Creek Preserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Crete Township, Will, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.4197° or 41° 25′ 11″ northLongitude
-87.6665° or 87° 39′ 59″ westOperator
Forest Preserve District of Will CountyOpen location code
86HJC89M+VCOpenStreetMap ID
way 689355033OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Goodenow and Faithorn.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Trinity Cemetery and Palmer Park.
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