A new hike this week at the Crabtree Nature Center in Barrington Hills, IL. We are hoping to see different...
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Deer Grove, the county’s first forest preserve, features nearly 2,000 acres of diverse habitat such as rolling upland forest, wooded...
When Joy Morton established The Morton Arboretum in 1922, he envisioned a “great outdoor museum” of trees. Today, our living...
Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve is Oak Brook offers a 220-acre prime wildlife haven in an urban setting, hosting a wide...
Lake County’s first European settler, Captain Daniel Wright, owned property within the preserve. In the 1920s, a small number of...
Moraine Hills State Park is a recreational paradise in northeast Illinois. Located three miles south of the city of McHenry in McHenry County, about half...
Glacial Park is the Conservation District’s most popular site, visited annually by more than 64,000 guests who hike or horseback...
On land treasured for centuries - first by Native Americans, later by traders and farmers, and as early as the...
April in Chicago is pretty wet. Plants are just starting to sprout and the temperature is unpredictable. In our opinion,...
The 797-acre Danada Forest Preserve in Wheaton features prairies, woods and wetlands as well as the Danada Equestrian Center, the Danada House,...
The geologic features of the site provide a window to the origins of the northern Illinois landscape. On the east...
Pilcher Park is a large and diverse forest complex recognized on the INAI for its high-quality mesic upland forest, wet-mesic...
History buffs, nature lovers and sportsmen will thrill to the sights and sounds of the 96-mile route of the Illinois...
If there is a large lake effect snow and you have snowshoes, head to the Indiana Dunes State Park and...
The 52-acre Joliet Iron Works Historic Site was acquired between 1991 and 1997. The preserve is part of the Des...
