Best places: Nature preserves in Hodgkins, United States

2 flights of stairs with almost 300 steps in total, forming a loop & popular for cardio workouts.

👍👍 It was a lovely evening! We stop by the natural preserve center with the children and had so much fun. It’s perfect for any age. At the end the place manager had above talk about the importance of conserving and maintaining the green , preserving natural places for the animals to live. 👌😍

👍👍 What an amazing set of trails. They are lots of hills and changes in elevation over 150 feet throughout the entire trail system. Great for advanced mountain bikers. Hiking is our favorite thing to do on these trails. The park areas are great for family events. The trails are not good for younger chi...

👍👍 Nice setting, paved paths, a little bit of shade. Watch for the wildlife!

👍 Great place to get some exercise and fresh air

Large forested area offering many multiuse trails, picnic space, boating, fishing & wildlife views.

👍👍 So, the trails here are quite nice. Lots of marked and unmarked ones for all kinds of taste. If you like an easy flowing ride choose the blue and green trails. For more advanced riders I suggest black and blue. Nothing super hard or extreme but still a nice ride and challenge every time i come here....

State park features forested areas, a creek & a system of trails for hiking, biking & horse riding.

Forest preserve popular for its multi-use trails offers year-round outdoor recreation.

Hiking & fishing are popular activities at this wooded waterfront park also featuring boat rentals.

👍👍 This is a fun, scenic trail. There's Salt Creek, the waterfall by the mill, bridges, tunnels of trees, and lots to look at. If you follow the trail around the creek, it's about 3.5 miles around.

👍 In this area you will be able to hike about 3/4 of a mile to the site of the first nuclear reactor which is buried deep within the ground. There is one placard at the entrance to the narrow dirt path (located at the southwest end of the Red Gate Woods parking lot) that leads to the paved trail that...

Unspoilt glacial peat bog & woodland conservation area spanning 372-acres with 35 miles of trails.

This iconic 245-acre forested nature preserve features hiking trails & birdwatching.

👍👍 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...

👍👍 Today was an amazing day in Illinois . We were having an Indian summer day it was almost 80°, sunshine warm breeze beautiful day for walking bike riding or whatever else you wanted to do outside we walked around the lake they have a really nice camping area they have reasonable rates they even have...

Large wooded preserve with picnic groves & trails for hiking & mountain biking.

Forest preserve featuring rugged terrain, scenic vistas, lakes & expansive hiking & biking trails.

👍👍 DO NOT WALK/BIKE IN THROUGH THE NORTH TRAIL- extremely muddy, poor drainage, my bike got stuck twice. However, this is the only trail that i’ve had this problem on. Otherwise excellent trails especially near the south of the preserve for hiking/biking, some trails don’t show up on the Maps app but t...

👍 Great place to get into nature in the middle of a busy town.