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  • Camping Deal
  • Site Map
  • Forest Preserves of Cook County
  • Places to Go
    • Closures & Alerts
    • Locations
      • 13951 LaGrange Road
      • 165 Algonquin Road
      • 6101 Oak Forest Avenue
      • Algonquin Woods
      • Allison Woods
      • Andrew Toman Grove
      • Arie Crown Forest
      • Arrowhead Lake
      • Arthur L. Janura Preserve
      • Axehead Lake
      • Bachelor’s Grove Woods
      • Baker’s Lake
      • Bartel Grassland
      • Beaubien Woods
      • Beck Lake
      • Belleau Lake
      • Belly Deep Slough
      • Bemis Woods
      • Bergman Slough Land & Water Reserve
      • Big Bend Lake
      • Billy Caldwell Golf Course
      • Black Partridge Woods
      • Blandings Grove Family Picnic Area
      • Blue Beech Family Picnic Area
      • Blue Star Memorial Woods
      • Bluff Spring Fen
      • Bobolink Meadow
      • Bremen Grove
      • Brezina Woods
      • Brookfield Woods
      • Brookfield Zoo Chicago
      • Brownell Woods
      • Buffalo Woods
      • Bunker Hill
      • Bur Oak Woods
      • Burnham Prairie
      • Burnham Woods Golf Course
      • Busse Woods
      • Caldwell Woods
      • Callahan Grove
      • Calumet City Playfield
      • Calumet City Prairie & Marsh Nature Preserve
      • Calumet Woods
      • Camp Bullfrog Lake
      • Camp Dan Beard
      • Camp Ground Road Woods
      • Camp Kiwanis Equestrian Staging Area
      • Camp Pine Woods
      • Camp Reinberg
      • Camp Shabbona Woods
      • Camp Sullivan
      • Cap Sauers Holding Nature Preserve
      • Carlson Springs Woods
      • Catalina Grove Family Picnic Area
      • Catherine Chevalier Woods
      • Cermak Family Aquatic Center
      • Cermak Woods
      • Cherry Hill Woods
      • Chicago Botanic Garden
      • Chicago Portage National Historic Site
      • Chick Evans Golf Course
      • Chipilly Woods
      • Columbia Woods
      • Cooper’s Hawk Family Picnic Area
      • Country Lane Woods
      • Crabtree Nature Center
      • Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve
      • Crawdad Slough
      • Crooked Creek Woods
      • Dam No. 1 Woods
      • Dam No. 2 Woods
      • Dam No. 4 Woods-East
      • Dan McMahon Woods
      • Dan Ryan Woods
      • Deer Grove
      • Dixmoor Playfield
      • Dolton Avenue Prairie
      • Edgebrook Golf Course
      • Edgebrook Woods
      • Eggers Grove
      • Elizabeth A. Conkey Forest
      • Evans Field
      • Forest Glen Woods
      • Forty Acre Woods
      • Fullerton Woods
      • G.A.R. Woods
      • General Headquarters
      • George W. Dunne National Golf Course
      • Glen Grove Equestrian Center
      • Glencoe Golf Club
      • Glenwood Woods
      • Goeselville Grove Family Picnic Area
      • Green Lake Family Aquatic Center
      • Green Lake Woods
      • Halsted Woods
      • Harms Woods
      • Harry H. Semrow Driving Range
      • Henry De Tonty Woods
      • Hickory Hills Woods
      • Hidden Pond Woods
      • Highland Woods Golf Course
      • Horizon Farm
      • Horsetail Lake
      • Indian Boundary Family Picnic Area
      • Indian Boundary Golf Course
      • Indian Hill Woods
      • Iroquois Woods
      • Irving Park Road Canoe Landing
      • Jerome Huppert Woods
      • Joe Louis “The Champ” Golf Course
      • Joe Orr Woods
      • Joe’s Pond
      • John E. Traeger Family Picnic Area
      • John Husar I&M Canal Bicycle Trail Parking Lot
      • Jurgensen Woods
      • Kickapoo Woods
      • King’s Grove
      • Kloempken Prairie
      • LaBagh Woods
      • LaGrange Park Woods
      • Lake Avenue Woods
      • Lansing Woods
      • Linne Woods
      • Lions Woods
      • Little Calumet Boat Launch
      • Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
      • Locations – D-L
      • Locations – M-R
      • Locations – S-Z
      • Maple Lake
      • Mary Mix McDonald Woods
      • Massasauga Family Picnic Area
      • Mathew Bieszczat Volunteer Resource Center
      • Maywood Grove
      • McClaughrey Springs Woods
      • McCormick Woods
      • McGinnis Slough
      • McGinty Slough
      • Meadowlark Golf Course
      • Miami Woods
      • Michael J. O’Malley Preserve
      • Midlothian Meadows
      • Midlothian Reservoir
      • Miller Meadow
      • Morrill Meadow
      • National Grove
      • North Creek Meadow
      • Northwestern Woods
      • Oak Forest Heritage Preserve
      • Old Stover Trailhead
      • Orland Grassland
      • Orland Grove
      • Ottawa Trail Woods
      • Paddock Woods
      • Palos Fen Nature Preserve
      • Palos Park Woods
      • Papoose Lake
      • Paul Douglas Preserve
      • Paw Paw Woods Nature Preserve
      • Perkins Woods
      • Pioneer Woods
      • Plank Road Meadow Boat Launch
      • Plum Creek Meadow
      • Possum Hollow Woods
      • Potawatomi Woods
      • Powderhorn Lake
      • Pulaski Woods
      • Quercus Woods Family Picnic Area
      • Red Gate Woods
      • River Bend Family Picnic Area
      • River Oaks Golf Course
      • River Trail Nature Center
      • Robinson Woods
      • Rolling Knolls
      • Rubio Woods
      • Sag Quarries
      • Sag Valley Equestrian Parking
      • Saganashkee Slough
      • Sagawau Environmental Learning Center
      • Salt Creek Woods Nature Preserve
      • Sand Ridge Nature Center
      • Sand Ridge Nature Preserve
      • Sauk Trail Woods
      • Schiller Woods
      • Schuth’s Grove
      • Silver Creek Family Picnic Area
      • Skokie Lagoons
      • Somme Preserves
      • Spears Woods
      • Spring Lake
      • St. Mihiel Woods-East
      • St. Paul Woods
      • Stony Ford Canoe Landing
      • Sunset Bridge Meadow
      • Sunset Ridge Woods
      • Swallow Cliff Woods
      • Sweet Woods
      • Tampier Lake
      • Teason’s Woods
      • Thaddeus S. “Ted” Lechowicz Woods
      • Thatcher Woods
      • Theodore Stone Forest
      • Thomas Jefferson Woods
      • Thorn Creek Greenway
      • Thorn Creek Model Airplane Flying Field
      • Thornton-Lansing Road Nature Preserve
      • Tinley Creek Model Airplane Flying Field
      • Tinley Creek Woods
      • Trailside Museum of Natural History
      • Tryner’s Pond
      • Tuma Lake
      • Turnbull Woods
      • Turtlehead Lake
      • Twenty-Sixth Street Woods
      • Vollmer Road Grove
      • Wampum Lake
      • Watersmeet Woods
      • Wayside Woods
      • Wentworth Prairie
      • Westchester Woods
      • Whealan Pool Aquatic Center
      • Whistler Woods
      • White Eagle Woods
      • White Oak Woods
      • Willow Springs Woods
      • Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve
      • Wolf Road Woods
      • Yankee Woods
      • Zoo Woods
    • PDF Maps
    • Trails
      • Burnham Greenway Trail System
      • Cal-Sag Trail
      • Centennial Trail
      • Crabtree Trail
      • Des Plaines River Trail System
      • John Husar I&M Canal Trail
      • Major Taylor Trail
      • North Branch Trail System
      • Palos Trail System
      • Sag Valley Trail System
      • Salt Creek Trail System
      • Thorn Creek Trail System
      • Tinley Creek Trail System
    • Web Map
  • Things to Do
    • Bicycling
    • Birding
    • Boating, Canoeing & Kayaking
    • Camping
      • Camping for Organized Groups
      • Camping Gear Rental
      • Camping Leadership Immersion Course (CLIC)
      • Camping Programs
      • Camping Reservations & Rules
      • First Time Camping?
    • Cross-Country Skiing
    • Disc Golf
    • Dogs
    • Equestrian
    • Fishing
    • Golf
    • Hiking, Walking & Running
    • Ice Skating
    • Indoor Events
    • Model Airplanes & Drones
    • Nature Centers
    • Photography & Filming
      • 2026 Photo Contest
    • Sledding
    • Snowmobiling
    • Swimming
    • Zipline & Adventure Park
  • Permits
    • Athletic Events, Field Rental & Fitness Class Permits
    • Concessions Opportunities
    • Land Use, Restoration & Research Permits
    • Make Your Gathering Green
    • Picnic & Outdoor Event Permits
      • Approved Vendors for Picnics & Events
      • Picnic & Events Permits: Day of Event Questions
  • Nature
    • Champion Tree Register
    • Coexisting With Nature
      • Barn Swallows & Picnic Groves
      • Coyotes in Cook County
      • Deer Diseases
      • Deer Management
      • Emerald Ash Borer Infestation
      • Feeding Wildlife
      • Floodplain & Stormwater Management
      • Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus
      • Ticks and Disease
      • What If I Find an Artifact in the Forest Preserves?
      • Wildlife in Distress
    • Conservation Corps Programs
    • Conservation@Home
    • Dark Skies & Reducing Light Pollution
    • Educator Resources
    • Green Teacher Network
    • Growing, Not Mowing
    • Guided Learning
    • Illinois Nature Preserves
    • Native Seed Amplification
    • Nature Express Bus
    • Our Ecosystems
    • Prescribed Burning
    • Research
    • Sustainability & Climate Change
    • Wellness in the Woods
    • What is Restoration?
    • Youth Outdoor Ambassador Program
  • Volunteer
    • Centennial Volunteers
    • Community Science
    • Community Service
    • Ecological Stewardship Days
    • Group Volunteering
    • Litter Cleanups
    • Match Your Interests, Goals or Schedule
    • Nature Ambassador
    • Trail Watch
    • Tree Trimming Love & Care
    • Volunteer Frequently Asked Questions
    • Volunteer Partners
    • Volunteer Resources & Forms
    • Volunteer Training & Leadership
    • Youth Volunteering
  • About
    • Accessibility
    • Awards & Honors
      • Awards & Honors Archive
    • Board of Commissioners
    • Brookfield Zoo Chicago & Chicago Botanic Garden Partnerships
    • Budget & Audit Information
      • 2003 Budget
      • 2005 Budget
      • 2006 Budget
      • 2007 Budget
      • 2008 Budget
      • 2009 Budget
      • 2010 Budget
      • 2011 Budget
      • 2012 Budget
      • 2013 Budget
      • 2014 Budget
      • 2015 Budget
      • 2016 Budget
      • 2017 Budget
      • 2018 Budget
      • 2019 Budget
      • 2020 Budget
      • 2021 Budget
      • 2022 Budget
      • 2023 Budget
      • 2024 Budget
      • 2025 Budget
      • 2026 Budget
    • Conservation & Policy Council
    • Departments & Leadership
      • Conservation & Experiential Programming
      • Facilities & Fleet Maintenance
      • Finance & Administration
      • Human Resources
      • Landscape Maintenance
      • Law Enforcement
      • Legal
      • Office of the General Superintendent
      • Permits, Rentals & Concessions
      • Planning & Development
      • Resource Management
    • Doing Business & Partnerships
      • Event & Programming Partnerships
    • Forest Way Monthly Newsletter
    • Freedom of Information Act Requests
    • General Superintendent Adam Bianchi
    • Jobs
    • Land Acknowledgement
    • Mission & History
    • Plans & Current Projects
      • Caldwell Preserves Vision Plan & Improvements
      • Camping Master Plan
      • Capital Improvement Plan
      • Centennial Campaign Plan
      • Chicago Portage Historic Site Master Plan
      • Completed Restoration Projects
      • Dam Removals
      • Dan Ryan Woods Major Taylor Trail Corridor Improvements
      • Deer Grove-West Restoration
      • Des Plaines River Trail Improvements
      • Eggers Grove Marsh Restoration
      • Gateway Master Plan
      • Golf Course Concept Engagement
      • Land Acquisition Plan & Southeast Cook County Land Acquisition Plan
        • Donate or Sell Your Land
      • Mill Creek Restoration
      • Natural and Cultural Resources Master Plan
      • Next Century Conservation Plan
      • Nicor Natural Gas Pipeline Relocation & Busse Woods Restoration
      • Paul Douglas Wetland Restoration
      • Portwine Restoration
      • Powderhorn Lake Habitat Restoration
      • Recreation Master Plan
      • Requests for New or Improved Facilities, Amenities & Infrastructure
      • Sauk Trail Woods Vision Plan & Improvements
      • Skokie Lagoons Boathouse
      • Somme Prairie Nature Preserve Habitat Restoration
      • Swallow Cliff and Palos Trail System Upgrades
      • Thorn Creek Watershed Restoration
      • Tinley Creek Ravines Restoration
      • Tinley Creek Watershed Restoration
      • Trail Master Plan
      • Winnetka Stormwater Management Wetlands Project at Skokie Lagoons
    • Policy & Guidance
    • Racial Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
    • Rules & Frequently Asked Questions
      • Alcohol Free Locations and Alcohol Policy
      • Trail Risk Statement
    • Who We Are
  • News
  • Contact
  • Social Media Policy
  • Privacy Policy & Terms of Use
  • Camping Deal
  • Site Map
  • Forest Preserves of Cook County
  • Places to Go
    • Closures & Alerts
    • Locations
      • 13951 LaGrange Road
      • 165 Algonquin Road
      • 6101 Oak Forest Avenue
      • Algonquin Woods
      • Allison Woods
      • Andrew Toman Grove
      • Arie Crown Forest
      • Arrowhead Lake
      • Arthur L. Janura Preserve
      • Axehead Lake
      • Bachelor’s Grove Woods
      • Baker’s Lake
      • Bartel Grassland
      • Beaubien Woods
      • Beck Lake
      • Belleau Lake
      • Belly Deep Slough
      • Bemis Woods
      • Bergman Slough Land & Water Reserve
      • Big Bend Lake
      • Billy Caldwell Golf Course
      • Black Partridge Woods
      • Blandings Grove Family Picnic Area
      • Blue Beech Family Picnic Area
      • Blue Star Memorial Woods
      • Bluff Spring Fen
      • Bobolink Meadow
      • Bremen Grove
      • Brezina Woods
      • Brookfield Woods
      • Brookfield Zoo Chicago
      • Brownell Woods
      • Buffalo Woods
      • Bunker Hill
      • Bur Oak Woods
      • Burnham Prairie
      • Burnham Woods Golf Course
      • Busse Woods
      • Caldwell Woods
      • Callahan Grove
      • Calumet City Playfield
      • Calumet City Prairie & Marsh Nature Preserve
      • Calumet Woods
      • Camp Bullfrog Lake
      • Camp Dan Beard
      • Camp Ground Road Woods
      • Camp Kiwanis Equestrian Staging Area
      • Camp Pine Woods
      • Camp Reinberg
      • Camp Shabbona Woods
      • Camp Sullivan
      • Cap Sauers Holding Nature Preserve
      • Carlson Springs Woods
      • Catalina Grove Family Picnic Area
      • Catherine Chevalier Woods
      • Cermak Family Aquatic Center
      • Cermak Woods
      • Cherry Hill Woods
      • Chicago Botanic Garden
      • Chicago Portage National Historic Site
      • Chick Evans Golf Course
      • Chipilly Woods
      • Columbia Woods
      • Cooper’s Hawk Family Picnic Area
      • Country Lane Woods
      • Crabtree Nature Center
      • Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve
      • Crawdad Slough
      • Crooked Creek Woods
      • Dam No. 1 Woods
      • Dam No. 2 Woods
      • Dam No. 4 Woods-East
      • Dan McMahon Woods
      • Dan Ryan Woods
      • Deer Grove
      • Dixmoor Playfield
      • Dolton Avenue Prairie
      • Edgebrook Golf Course
      • Edgebrook Woods
      • Eggers Grove
      • Elizabeth A. Conkey Forest
      • Evans Field
      • Forest Glen Woods
      • Forty Acre Woods
      • Fullerton Woods
      • G.A.R. Woods
      • General Headquarters
      • George W. Dunne National Golf Course
      • Glen Grove Equestrian Center
      • Glencoe Golf Club
      • Glenwood Woods
      • Goeselville Grove Family Picnic Area
      • Green Lake Family Aquatic Center
      • Green Lake Woods
      • Halsted Woods
      • Harms Woods
      • Harry H. Semrow Driving Range
      • Henry De Tonty Woods
      • Hickory Hills Woods
      • Hidden Pond Woods
      • Highland Woods Golf Course
      • Horizon Farm
      • Horsetail Lake
      • Indian Boundary Family Picnic Area
      • Indian Boundary Golf Course
      • Indian Hill Woods
      • Iroquois Woods
      • Irving Park Road Canoe Landing
      • Jerome Huppert Woods
      • Joe Louis “The Champ” Golf Course
      • Joe Orr Woods
      • Joe’s Pond
      • John E. Traeger Family Picnic Area
      • John Husar I&M Canal Bicycle Trail Parking Lot
      • Jurgensen Woods
      • Kickapoo Woods
      • King’s Grove
      • Kloempken Prairie
      • LaBagh Woods
      • LaGrange Park Woods
      • Lake Avenue Woods
      • Lansing Woods
      • Linne Woods
      • Lions Woods
      • Little Calumet Boat Launch
      • Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
      • Locations – D-L
      • Locations – M-R
      • Locations – S-Z
      • Maple Lake
      • Mary Mix McDonald Woods
      • Massasauga Family Picnic Area
      • Mathew Bieszczat Volunteer Resource Center
      • Maywood Grove
      • McClaughrey Springs Woods
      • McCormick Woods
      • McGinnis Slough
      • McGinty Slough
      • Meadowlark Golf Course
      • Miami Woods
      • Michael J. O’Malley Preserve
      • Midlothian Meadows
      • Midlothian Reservoir
      • Miller Meadow
      • Morrill Meadow
      • National Grove
      • North Creek Meadow
      • Northwestern Woods
      • Oak Forest Heritage Preserve
      • Old Stover Trailhead
      • Orland Grassland
      • Orland Grove
      • Ottawa Trail Woods
      • Paddock Woods
      • Palos Fen Nature Preserve
      • Palos Park Woods
      • Papoose Lake
      • Paul Douglas Preserve
      • Paw Paw Woods Nature Preserve
      • Perkins Woods
      • Pioneer Woods
      • Plank Road Meadow Boat Launch
      • Plum Creek Meadow
      • Possum Hollow Woods
      • Potawatomi Woods
      • Powderhorn Lake
      • Pulaski Woods
      • Quercus Woods Family Picnic Area
      • Red Gate Woods
      • River Bend Family Picnic Area
      • River Oaks Golf Course
      • River Trail Nature Center
      • Robinson Woods
      • Rolling Knolls
      • Rubio Woods
      • Sag Quarries
      • Sag Valley Equestrian Parking
      • Saganashkee Slough
      • Sagawau Environmental Learning Center
      • Salt Creek Woods Nature Preserve
      • Sand Ridge Nature Center
      • Sand Ridge Nature Preserve
      • Sauk Trail Woods
      • Schiller Woods
      • Schuth’s Grove
      • Silver Creek Family Picnic Area
      • Skokie Lagoons
      • Somme Preserves
      • Spears Woods
      • Spring Lake
      • St. Mihiel Woods-East
      • St. Paul Woods
      • Stony Ford Canoe Landing
      • Sunset Bridge Meadow
      • Sunset Ridge Woods
      • Swallow Cliff Woods
      • Sweet Woods
      • Tampier Lake
      • Teason’s Woods
      • Thaddeus S. “Ted” Lechowicz Woods
      • Thatcher Woods
      • Theodore Stone Forest
      • Thomas Jefferson Woods
      • Thorn Creek Greenway
      • Thorn Creek Model Airplane Flying Field
      • Thornton-Lansing Road Nature Preserve
      • Tinley Creek Model Airplane Flying Field
      • Tinley Creek Woods
      • Trailside Museum of Natural History
      • Tryner’s Pond
      • Tuma Lake
      • Turnbull Woods
      • Turtlehead Lake
      • Twenty-Sixth Street Woods
      • Vollmer Road Grove
      • Wampum Lake
      • Watersmeet Woods
      • Wayside Woods
      • Wentworth Prairie
      • Westchester Woods
      • Whealan Pool Aquatic Center
      • Whistler Woods
      • White Eagle Woods
      • White Oak Woods
      • Willow Springs Woods
      • Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve
      • Wolf Road Woods
      • Yankee Woods
      • Zoo Woods
    • PDF Maps
    • Trails
      • Burnham Greenway Trail System
      • Cal-Sag Trail
      • Centennial Trail
      • Crabtree Trail
      • Des Plaines River Trail System
      • John Husar I&M Canal Trail
      • Major Taylor Trail
      • North Branch Trail System
      • Palos Trail System
      • Sag Valley Trail System
      • Salt Creek Trail System
      • Thorn Creek Trail System
      • Tinley Creek Trail System
    • Web Map
  • Things to Do
    • Bicycling
    • Birding
    • Boating, Canoeing & Kayaking
    • Camping
      • Camping for Organized Groups
      • Camping Gear Rental
      • Camping Leadership Immersion Course (CLIC)
      • Camping Programs
      • Camping Reservations & Rules
      • First Time Camping?
    • Cross-Country Skiing
    • Disc Golf
    • Dogs
    • Equestrian
    • Fishing
    • Golf
    • Hiking, Walking & Running
    • Ice Skating
    • Indoor Events
    • Model Airplanes & Drones
    • Nature Centers
    • Photography & Filming
      • 2026 Photo Contest
    • Sledding
    • Snowmobiling
    • Swimming
    • Zipline & Adventure Park
  • Permits
    • Athletic Events, Field Rental & Fitness Class Permits
    • Concessions Opportunities
    • Land Use, Restoration & Research Permits
    • Make Your Gathering Green
    • Picnic & Outdoor Event Permits
      • Approved Vendors for Picnics & Events
      • Picnic & Events Permits: Day of Event Questions
  • Nature
    • Champion Tree Register
    • Coexisting With Nature
      • Barn Swallows & Picnic Groves
      • Coyotes in Cook County
      • Deer Diseases
      • Deer Management
      • Emerald Ash Borer Infestation
      • Feeding Wildlife
      • Floodplain & Stormwater Management
      • Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus
      • Ticks and Disease
      • What If I Find an Artifact in the Forest Preserves?
      • Wildlife in Distress
    • Conservation Corps Programs
    • Conservation@Home
    • Dark Skies & Reducing Light Pollution
    • Educator Resources
    • Green Teacher Network
    • Growing, Not Mowing
    • Guided Learning
    • Illinois Nature Preserves
    • Native Seed Amplification
    • Nature Express Bus
    • Our Ecosystems
    • Prescribed Burning
    • Research
    • Sustainability & Climate Change
    • Wellness in the Woods
    • What is Restoration?
    • Youth Outdoor Ambassador Program
  • Volunteer
    • Centennial Volunteers
    • Community Science
    • Community Service
    • Ecological Stewardship Days
    • Group Volunteering
    • Litter Cleanups
    • Match Your Interests, Goals or Schedule
    • Nature Ambassador
    • Trail Watch
    • Tree Trimming Love & Care
    • Volunteer Frequently Asked Questions
    • Volunteer Partners
    • Volunteer Resources & Forms
    • Volunteer Training & Leadership
    • Youth Volunteering
  • About
    • Accessibility
    • Awards & Honors
      • Awards & Honors Archive
    • Board of Commissioners
    • Brookfield Zoo Chicago & Chicago Botanic Garden Partnerships
    • Budget & Audit Information
      • 2003 Budget
      • 2005 Budget
      • 2006 Budget
      • 2007 Budget
      • 2008 Budget
      • 2009 Budget
      • 2010 Budget
      • 2011 Budget
      • 2012 Budget
      • 2013 Budget
      • 2014 Budget
      • 2015 Budget
      • 2016 Budget
      • 2017 Budget
      • 2018 Budget
      • 2019 Budget
      • 2020 Budget
      • 2021 Budget
      • 2022 Budget
      • 2023 Budget
      • 2024 Budget
      • 2025 Budget
      • 2026 Budget
    • Conservation & Policy Council
    • Departments & Leadership
      • Conservation & Experiential Programming
      • Facilities & Fleet Maintenance
      • Finance & Administration
      • Human Resources
      • Landscape Maintenance
      • Law Enforcement
      • Legal
      • Office of the General Superintendent
      • Permits, Rentals & Concessions
      • Planning & Development
      • Resource Management
    • Doing Business & Partnerships
      • Event & Programming Partnerships
    • Forest Way Monthly Newsletter
    • Freedom of Information Act Requests
    • General Superintendent Adam Bianchi
    • Jobs
    • Land Acknowledgement
    • Mission & History
    • Plans & Current Projects
      • Caldwell Preserves Vision Plan & Improvements
      • Camping Master Plan
      • Capital Improvement Plan
      • Centennial Campaign Plan
      • Chicago Portage Historic Site Master Plan
      • Completed Restoration Projects
      • Dam Removals
      • Dan Ryan Woods Major Taylor Trail Corridor Improvements
      • Deer Grove-West Restoration
      • Des Plaines River Trail Improvements
      • Eggers Grove Marsh Restoration
      • Gateway Master Plan
      • Golf Course Concept Engagement
      • Land Acquisition Plan & Southeast Cook County Land Acquisition Plan
        • Donate or Sell Your Land
      • Mill Creek Restoration
      • Natural and Cultural Resources Master Plan
      • Next Century Conservation Plan
      • Nicor Natural Gas Pipeline Relocation & Busse Woods Restoration
      • Paul Douglas Wetland Restoration
      • Portwine Restoration
      • Powderhorn Lake Habitat Restoration
      • Recreation Master Plan
      • Requests for New or Improved Facilities, Amenities & Infrastructure
      • Sauk Trail Woods Vision Plan & Improvements
      • Skokie Lagoons Boathouse
      • Somme Prairie Nature Preserve Habitat Restoration
      • Swallow Cliff and Palos Trail System Upgrades
      • Thorn Creek Watershed Restoration
      • Tinley Creek Ravines Restoration
      • Tinley Creek Watershed Restoration
      • Trail Master Plan
      • Winnetka Stormwater Management Wetlands Project at Skokie Lagoons
    • Policy & Guidance
    • Racial Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
    • Rules & Frequently Asked Questions
      • Alcohol Free Locations and Alcohol Policy
      • Trail Risk Statement
    • Who We Are
  • News
  • Contact
  • Social Media Policy
  • Privacy Policy & Terms of Use
  • Camping Deal
  • Site Map
  • Forest Preserves of Cook County
  • Places to Go
    • Closures & Alerts
    • Locations
      • 13951 LaGrange Road
      • 165 Algonquin Road
      • 6101 Oak Forest Avenue
      • Algonquin Woods
      • Allison Woods
      • Andrew Toman Grove
      • Arie Crown Forest
      • Arrowhead Lake
      • Arthur L. Janura Preserve
      • Axehead Lake
      • Bachelor’s Grove Woods
      • Baker’s Lake
      • Bartel Grassland
      • Beaubien Woods
      • Beck Lake
      • Belleau Lake
      • Belly Deep Slough
      • Bemis Woods
      • Bergman Slough Land & Water Reserve
      • Big Bend Lake
      • Billy Caldwell Golf Course
      • Black Partridge Woods
      • Blandings Grove Family Picnic Area
      • Blue Beech Family Picnic Area
      • Blue Star Memorial Woods
      • Bluff Spring Fen
      • Bobolink Meadow
      • Bremen Grove
      • Brezina Woods
      • Brookfield Woods
      • Brookfield Zoo Chicago
      • Brownell Woods
      • Buffalo Woods
      • Bunker Hill
      • Bur Oak Woods
      • Burnham Prairie
      • Burnham Woods Golf Course
      • Busse Woods
      • Caldwell Woods
      • Callahan Grove
      • Calumet City Playfield
      • Calumet City Prairie & Marsh Nature Preserve
      • Calumet Woods
      • Camp Bullfrog Lake
      • Camp Dan Beard
      • Camp Ground Road Woods
      • Camp Kiwanis Equestrian Staging Area
      • Camp Pine Woods
      • Camp Reinberg
      • Camp Shabbona Woods
      • Camp Sullivan
      • Cap Sauers Holding Nature Preserve
      • Carlson Springs Woods
      • Catalina Grove Family Picnic Area
      • Catherine Chevalier Woods
      • Cermak Family Aquatic Center
      • Cermak Woods
      • Cherry Hill Woods
      • Chicago Botanic Garden
      • Chicago Portage National Historic Site
      • Chick Evans Golf Course
      • Chipilly Woods
      • Columbia Woods
      • Cooper’s Hawk Family Picnic Area
      • Country Lane Woods
      • Crabtree Nature Center
      • Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve
      • Crawdad Slough
      • Crooked Creek Woods
      • Dam No. 1 Woods
      • Dam No. 2 Woods
      • Dam No. 4 Woods-East
      • Dan McMahon Woods
      • Dan Ryan Woods
      • Deer Grove
      • Dixmoor Playfield
      • Dolton Avenue Prairie
      • Edgebrook Golf Course
      • Edgebrook Woods
      • Eggers Grove
      • Elizabeth A. Conkey Forest
      • Evans Field
      • Forest Glen Woods
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