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The Chicago Portage National Historic Site is a National Historic Site commemorating the importance of the Chicago Portage [2] in Lyons, Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is located in Chicago Portage Forest Preserve and the Ottawa Trail Woods Forest Preserve, at the junction of Portage Creek with the Des Plaines River , on the west side ...
The Forest Preserve District of Cook County is a governmental commission in Cook County, Illinois, that owns and manages land containing forest, prairie, wetland, streams, and lakes. These land holdings are primarily managed as undeveloped natural areas and for outdoor recreation .
Thorn Creek is a 20.8-mile-long (33.5 km) [2] tributary of the Little Calumet River that travels through Will and Cook counties in northeastern Illinois just south of Chicago. [1] It starts in the high land of the Valparaiso Moraine before dropping 200 feet (60 m) to the lower elevations of the Little Calumet River valley.
As of 2023, Villa Park is working on a Tri-Trail connector project which will connect the trail with both the Illinois Prairie Path and Great Western Trail. [4] The project was completed in 2024. [ 5 ]
The map also shows the Old Portage Long trail that was used when there was insufficient water in Mud Lake to allow traverse by canoe. This trail extended to the southwest to the early settlement of Ottawa on the Illinois River. Since there was usually sufficient water in the larger Illinois River for canoeing, this “Ottawa Trail” was used ...
It is an important tributary of the Des Plaines River, part of the Illinois River and ultimately the Mississippi River watersheds. It rises in northwest Cook County at Wilke Marsh in Palatine and flows in a meandering course generally southward through DuPage County, returning to central Cook County and emptying into the Des Plaines River in ...
Richton Park is located at (41.481992, -87.725352 [5]The village is bordered by Matteson to the north, Park Forest to the east, and University Park to the south.. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Richton Park has a total area of 4.40 square miles (11.40 km 2), of which 4.39 square miles (11.37 km 2) (or 99.73%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) (or 0.27%) is water.
The North Branch Trail is a Class I bicycle trail located in northeastern Cook County, Illinois. The trail starts at the western part of Gompers Park in Chicago ( 41°59′51.4″N 87°46′2.9″W / 41.997611°N 87.767472°W / 41.997611; -87.767472 ), and from there it continues north approximately 22 miles (35 km) to Glencoe ( 42 ...