Hidden gems: Nature preserves in Hodgkins

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Hodgkins. This list contains 14 places from Nature preserve category.

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Maple Lake
Nature preserve
👍👍 Maple view lake has a phenomenal view of the water! Their parking lot isn't huge it holds maybe 20 cars but I never really had a problem parking here. They have a very nice hiking trail and plenty of places to cast your line and fish. With this review I left a picture of what fish are in this lak...
4.80 (134 reviews) (~6.9 km from centre)
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Country Lane Woods
Picnic ground
👍👍 Beautiful, clean and well groomed trail shared with bikes, pets, horses and people. Plenty of parking. One portable toilet in the parking lot but no other facilities. Lots of trail options to choose from from short to long and from hilly to flat. No bugs this early in the spring.
4.80 (57 reviews) (~5.79 km from centre)
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Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
Grassy nature reserve with savanna, prairie & wetland ecosystems & abundant wildlife.
4.70 (88 reviews) (~8.47 km from centre)
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Paw Paw Woods Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
👍👍 Great MTB trails
4.70 (63 reviews) (~6.49 km from centre)
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Callahan Grove
Nature preserve
👍👍 nice and very quiet place to walk and relax
4.70 (24 reviews) (~9.33 km from centre)
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Lucas Berg Nature Preserve.
Nature preserve
👍👍 Fishing here is illegal
4.70 (13 reviews) (~9.94 km from centre)
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Twenty-Sixth Street Woods-West
Nature preserve
👍 Great place to get into nature in the middle of a busy town.
4.60 (137 reviews) (~8.16 km from centre)
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Dean Nature Sanctuary - Oak Brook Park District
Nature preserve
👍👍 This is a beautiful preserve in a ridiculously fancy neighborhood. It also contains a kayak/canoe launch into salt creek and is along the salt creek trail. There is a good sized gravel parking lot with an accesible portapotty and tons of informational signs. The paths are wide and well maintained cr...
4.60 (127 reviews) (~8.47 km from centre)
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Morrill Meadow
Nature preserve
👍👍 Great open field to fly your plane. Really smooth runway and a lot of really nice guys are always there to help you if needed and always fun to talk to.
4.60 (108 reviews) (~8.16 km from centre)
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Twenty-Sixth Street Woods
Park
👍👍 Nice and clean. Ample parking
4.50 (136 reviews) (~8.34 km from centre)
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Westchester Woods
Nature preserve
Expansive county-managed forest preserve offering seasonal picnicking & sledding.
4.50 (136 reviews) (~8.93 km from centre)
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Santa Fe Prairie Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
👍 Winter review: Had fun this weekend checked out two locations. My friend found this gem called Santa Fe Prairie Nature Preserve. Super cool train. I didn’t even know Illinois had these. The caboose was closed inside but Don one of the guys that helps take care of the prairie let my friend and I tour...
4.50 (117 reviews) (~1.19 km from centre)
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LaGrange Park Woods
Nature preserve
👍 The woods are nice to walk or bike during the weekdays, but forget trying them on weekends. Just way to many like our trails making them very busy. They do a good job keeping them clean. The trails have blacktop on 90% of them. You do lots of wildlife during your time here, I have seen eagles, beave...
4.50 (24 reviews) (~7.21 km from centre)
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Crawdad Slough
Nature preserve
👍👍 I suffer with mental illness and this place is my cure.
4.50 (12 reviews) (~6.14 km from centre)
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