Maple Lake, Palos Forest Preserve, Willow Springs, IL - The Lake House
Posted by: adgorn
N 41° 42.830 W 087° 53.119
16T E 426351 N 4618383
The site is on the shore of beautiful Maple Lake in the Palos Forest Preserves, run by Cook County. Parking and very nice trails are nearby. Located on the S. side of 95th St., one-half mile W. of Willow Springs Rd. (104th Ave.).
Waymark Code: WM41CX
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/23/2008
Views: 122
Synopsis from IMDB: A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late. Features Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves.
I haven't seen the movie, but everyone I know who has says it's lousy.
I found out about the mmovie location from the following from (
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"The house was actually a temporary structure built purely for filming. But in the Google Earth aerial photo it can still be seen on the banks of Maple Lake. Look closely and you’ll also see a camera boom, trailers, a blue pick-up truck (driven by Reeves’character), and fake snow around the building. Soon after filming was completed the lake house was destroyed."
There is more at (
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Cook County Forest Preserve info on Maple Lake is at (
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The site would be at the bottom of the map of the lake provided.
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