Pioneer Woods

Pioneer Woods is a picnic site in Cook, Illinois. Pioneer Woods is situated near the trailhead Dan McMahon Woods Trail Access, as well as near Joes Pond.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Saganashkee Slough and Red Gate Woods.

Saganashkee Slough

Reservoir

Saganashkee Slough is a 377 acres, manmade riparian lake that forms part of the valley of the Cal-Sag Channel. It is located in the Palos Forest Preserves of Cook County, Illinois, on wetland that was drained but was later reverted to a lake starting in 1948-1949 by the construction of dams and levees.

Red Gate Woods

Picnic site

Photo: Joseph Gage, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Red Gate Woods is a forest preserve section within the Palos Forest Preserves, a division of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois. Red Gate Woods is situated 2½ miles west of Pioneer Woods.

Site A

Landfill

Photo: Eric Schmuttenmaer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Site A was a research facility in the Argonne Forest, now known as Red Gate Woods, near Chicago where, during World War II, research on behalf of the Manhattan Project was carried out. Site A is situated 2 miles west of Pioneer Woods.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Willow Springs and Palos Hills.

Willow Springs

Village

Photo: MrHarman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Willow Springs is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion extending into DuPage County. The village was founded in 1892 and was named for the springs along the Des Plaines River. In 2020, the population was 5,857. Willow Springs is situated 2½ miles north of Pioneer Woods.

Palos Hills

Town

Photo: Joseph Blewitt, CC BY 2.0.

Palos Hills is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago. The city was established in 1958 and had reached a population of 18,530 in the 2020 census. Palos Hills is situated 2½ miles east of Pioneer Woods.

Palos Park

Village

Palos Park is a village in southwestern Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 4,899. Palos Park is situated 3 miles southeast of Pioneer Woods.

Pioneer Woods

Type: Picnic site
Category: tourism
Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.69777° or 41° 41′ 52″ north

Longitude

-87.86917° or 87° 52′ 9″ west

Operator

Forest Preserve District of Cook County

Open location code

86HJM4XJ+48

OpenStreetMap ID

way 970250551

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=picnic_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Pioneer Woods Trail Access and Dan McMahon Woods Trail Access.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Dan McMahon Woods and Joe’s Pond.

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