Chain O'Lakes State Park is a 2,793-acre Illinois state park at the inlet of the Fox River into the Chain...
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https://youtu.be/DgSvf7od0EA Hiking Highlights from Tekakwitha Woods Forest Preserve, IL - Chicago's 60 Hikes (Hike 360° VR Video) This is Hike...
A pool of clear bubbling water that sparkles like silver on sunny days provides the basis for the name of...
Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, part of the Palos Heights nature area, has live animals, exhibits, and self-guided trails. There...
Lake Katherine Nature Center’s very presence owes itself to the geological and industrial past of this area. The Cal- Sag...
Jackson Park totals 551.52 acres and features Wooded Island - which includes the Japanese Garden - Bobolink Meadows, cherry blossom...
Humboldt Park is 207-acres on the West Side of Chicago and is named for Alexander von Humboldt, a German naturalist,...
Pratt's Wayne Woods is home to over 1,000 species of native plants and animals. Below the savanna’s widely spaced oaks...
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site preserves the central section of the largest prehistoric Native American city north of Mexico. Occupied from...
The 1,388-acre Greene Valley Forest Preserve in Naperville is home to more than 540 native plant species, making it one...
It's April and it's raining but that does not stop us. We've had such great weather during our Thursday hikes...
April showers bring May flowers and this May we are recommending floral and prairie featured hikes. Get yourself outside and...
A new hike this week at the Crabtree Nature Center in Barrington Hills, IL. We are hoping to see different...
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...