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Knoch Knolls Park
Park
👍👍 Amazing place it's a 5/5 in my book. Trails are great, you can bike/walk/or just even have a picnic! Nature is beautiful, parking can be tight on weekends. There is a nature center as well as a park. The lake is beautiful. Overall an amazing place!
4.80 (602 reviews)
(~6.08 km from centre)
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O'Hara Woods Preserve
Nature preserve
👍👍 I go there often. Very peaceful and beautiful woods.
4.80 (44 reviews)
(~6.81 km from centre)
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Riverview Farmstead Preserve
Nature preserve
👍👍 Simple & sweet trail. Paved/stroller friendly. Bathroom and picnic tables available. Ample parking.
4.70 (156 reviews)
(~10 km from centre)
5
Whalon Lake
Park
Nature park featuring a quarry lake, prairie & wetlands, plus fishing, boating, trails & a dog park.
4.60 (371 reviews)
(~2.42 km from centre)
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Egermann Woods
Nature preserve
👍👍 They've been doing some burning recently on the side along Hobson and it looks pretty cool. This is one of my favorite forest preserves in the area, but I never thought to review it. Anyway, it's a great park. There are multiple different smaller trails that are not on the map, but they are easy to...
4.40 (39 reviews)
(~6.8 km from centre)
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Veterans Woods - Roy F. Hassert Grove
Park
👍👍 Great place for a walk , 2 covered picnic areas, clean bathrooms. Wide open spaces for the dogs to run , plenty of parking , grills available, my friend ZEUS the German Shepherd gives this place 5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ .
4.30 (56 reviews)
(~3.36 km from centre)
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Keepataw Preserve
Nature preserve
👍 The Keepataw Preserve has good views of the Des Plaines River Valley. The trail from the parking lot loops around the center of the preserve. It is wide and easy to navigate. For the more adventurous hiker there are small deer trails that lead out to the edges of the preserve boundaries. There is...
4.30 (53 reviews)
(~4.01 km from centre)
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Veterans Woods - Traders Corner
Park
👍👍 This place is nice and clean and a large area of woods are around it. The place has to small grills, a covered area where about 30 people can sit at picnic tables. There are trash cans and recycle containers, some grassy area for kids or dog recreation. Only thing missing is those little plastic bag...
4.30 (50 reviews)
(~3.2 km from centre)