Sauk Lake

Sauk Lake
Location Cook County, Illinois,
United States
Coordinates 41°29′16″N 87°39′18″W / 41.4877°N 87.6551°W / 41.4877; -87.6551Coordinates: 41°29′16″N 87°39′18″W / 41.4877°N 87.6551°W / 41.4877; -87.6551
Basin countries United States

Sauk Lake is a small, freshwater lake located in Cook County, Illinois, between the municipalities of Park Forest, Illinois and Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is an enlarged portion of Thorn Creek created by a dam on the south side of 26th Street, which borders the lake to the north. It is surrounded by steep, sandy bluffs on the east and west sides. It lies within the Sauk Trail Woods Forest Preserve.

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fish in this lake include yellow and black bullhead, bluegill,crappie,largemouth bass,channel catfish and common carp...Ice fishing not allowed on lake!


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