Events in Central Cook County

Name: Spring Festival
Start: 2024-05-05T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-05-05T15:00:00-05:00
Location: Thatcher Woods Pavilion

April 2024

Sat, Apr 6 • 10 am - 2 pm

2nd Annual Trash Bash

Miller Meadow-South • Cook County, IL 60130 (near Forest Park)

Sat, Apr 6 • 1 pm Wellness Walk

Canceled

Wellness Walk

Thatcher Woods • River Forest, IL 60305

four people holding musical instruments inside Dan Ryan Woods Pavilion

Sun, Apr 7 • 1 pm - 3 pm

Makin’ Music Bluegrass Jam

Thatcher Woods • River Forest, IL 60305

Mon, Apr 8 • 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Solar Eclipse Viewing

Trailside Museum of Natural History • River Forest, IL 60305

Tue, Apr 9 • 10 am

Fitness Hike

Country Lane Woods • Cook County, IL 60480 (near Willow Springs)

Fri, Apr 12 • 1 pm - 3 pm

Bird Painting Workshop Step-by-Step: Goldfinch

Trailside Museum of Natural History • River Forest, IL 60305

a volunteer picking up trash near a pond in the forest preserves

Sat, Apr 13 • 10 am - 1 pm

Teen Exploration Day: Service-Learning Hours

Schiller Woods-East • Chicago, IL 60634

Trailside Museum naturalist holding an owl

Sun, Apr 14 • 3 pm

Bone Appetit in Spanish

Trailside Museum of Natural History • River Forest, IL 60305

Wed, Apr 17 • 9 am Senior Fitness Walk

Canceled

Senior Fitness Walk

Thatcher Woods • River Forest, IL 60305

Thu, Apr 18 • 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Thursdays in the Field

Thursdays In the Field – Drop In

Trailside Museum of Natural History • River Forest, IL 60305

Thu, Apr 18 • 5 pm - 7 pm

Creative Sustainability Workshop

Possum Hollow Woods • Cook County, IL 60526 (near La Grange Park)

a group of volunteers standing around the trash they collected from the forest preserves

Fri, Apr 19 • 3 pm - 5 pm

Earth Day Cleanup

Jerome Huppert Woods • River Grove, IL 60171

an Earth Day banner at Sand Ridge Nature Center

Sat, Apr 20 • 10 am - 12 pm

Celebrate Earth Day Activities

Trailside Museum of Natural History • River Forest, IL 60305

People setting up two tents during a CLIC training at Camp Sullivan.

Sat, Apr 20 • 11:30 am

Day Hiking Leadership Training

Bemis Woods-North • Cook County, IL 60523 (near Oak Brook)

Sat, Apr 20 • 12 pm - 2 pm

Earth Day Cleanup

Miller Meadow-South • Cook County, IL 60130 (near Forest Park)

Sat, Apr 20 • 1 pm Wellness Walk

Wellness Walk

Thatcher Woods • River Forest, IL 60305

Thu, Apr 25 • 7 pm

Nature Book Club: “An Immense World” by Ed Yong

Trailside Museum of Natural History • River Forest, IL 60305

red-bellied woodpecker at a feeder at Trailside Museum

Sat, Apr 27 • 8 am Morning Bird Walk

Morning Bird Walk

Trailside Museum of Natural History • River Forest, IL 60305

Sun, Apr 28 • 11 am

Spring Ephemerals Walk

Sundown Meadow • Countryside, IL 60525

May 2024

Wed, May 1 • 9 am Senior Fitness Walk

Senior Fitness Walk

Thatcher Woods • River Forest, IL 60305

Sat, May 4 • 1 pm Wellness Walk

Wellness Walk

Thatcher Woods • River Forest, IL 60305

two children playing on logs at Trailside Museum of Natural History

Sun, May 5 • 12 pm - 3 pm

Spring Festival

Thatcher Woods Pavilion • River Forest, IL 60305

Forest Preserves of Cook County

Events in Central Cook County

2nd Annual Trash Bash

Wellness Walk

Makin’ Music Bluegrass Jam

Solar Eclipse Viewing

Fitness Hike

Bird Painting Workshop Step-by-Step: Goldfinch

Teen Exploration Day: Service-Learning Hours

Bone Appetit in Spanish

Senior Fitness Walk

Thursdays In the Field – Drop In

Creative Sustainability Workshop

Earth Day Cleanup

Celebrate Earth Day Activities

Day Hiking Leadership Training

Earth Day Cleanup

Wellness Walk

Nature Book Club: “An Immense World” by Ed Yong

Morning Bird Walk

Spring Ephemerals Walk

Senior Fitness Walk

Wellness Walk

Spring Festival

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