# Forest Preserves of Cook County: Explore for an hour, a day or even a night\\. When you’re surrounded by 70,000 acres of wild and wonderful, there’s no better place to feel free\\.

> When you’re surrounded by 70K acres of wild \\& wonderful in the Forest Preserves of Cook County, there’s no better place to feel free\\.

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## Pages
- [Board of Commissioners](https://fpdcc.com/about/board-commissioners/)
- [Freedom of Information Act Requests](https://fpdcc.com/about/foia/)
- [2026 Budget](https://fpdcc.com/about/budget/2026budget/)
- [Whealan Pool Aquatic Center](https://fpdcc.com/places/locations/whealan-pool-aquatic-center/)
- [Green Lake Family Aquatic Center](https://fpdcc.com/places/locations/green-lake-family-aquatic-center/)

## Posts
- [A Getaway That’s Not Far Away: South \\& Southwest Cook County](https://fpdcc.com/a-getaway-thats-not-far-away-south-southwest-cook-county/)
- [Celebrate Freedom, Culture and Community at Forest Preserves of Cook County’s 13th Annual Juneteenth Jubilee](https://fpdcc.com/celebrate-freedom-culture-and-community-at-forest-preserves-of-cook-countys-13th-annual-juneteenth-jubilee/)
- [250 Years of America, Thousands of Years of Stories](https://fpdcc.com/250-years-of-america-thousands-of-years-of-stories/)
- [Want to Help Baby Animals? Leave Them Be\\!](https://fpdcc.com/want-to-help-baby-animals-leave-them-be/)
- [Forest Preserves Police Takes Patrols to the Trails](https://fpdcc.com/forest-preserves-police-takes-patrols-to-the-trails/)

## Categories
- [Blog](https://fpdcc.com/category/blog/)
- [Press Release](https://fpdcc.com/category/press-release/)
- [President's Letter](https://fpdcc.com/category/presidents-letter/)

## Event Categories
- [Education](https://fpdcc.com/events/category/education/)
- [Hiking \\& Walking](https://fpdcc.com/events/category/hiking/)
- [Southwest Cook County](https://fpdcc.com/events/category/southwest/)
- [Wellness in the Woods](https://fpdcc.com/events/category/wellness-woods/)
- [Arts \\& Crafts](https://fpdcc.com/events/category/arts-and-crafts/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://fpdcc.com/sitemap_index.xml)

# Forest Preserves of Cook County: Explore for an hour, a day or even a night\. When you’re surrounded by 70,000 acres of wild and wonderful, there’s no better place to feel free\.

> When you’re surrounded by 70K acres of wild \& wonderful in the Forest Preserves of Cook County, there’s no better place to feel free\.

Generated by Yoast SEO v28.0, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs.

## Pages
- [About](https://fpdcc.com/about/)
- [Contact](https://fpdcc.com/contact/)
- [Privacy Policy \& Terms of Use](https://fpdcc.com/privacy-policy-terms-of-use/)
- [Things to Do](https://fpdcc.com/things-to-do/)

## Posts
- [A Getaway That’s Not Far Away: South \& Southwest Cook County](https://fpdcc.com/a-getaway-thats-not-far-away-south-southwest-cook-county/)
- [Celebrate Freedom, Culture and Community at Forest Preserves of Cook County’s 13th Annual Juneteenth Jubilee](https://fpdcc.com/celebrate-freedom-culture-and-community-at-forest-preserves-of-cook-countys-13th-annual-juneteenth-jubilee/)
- [250 Years of America, Thousands of Years of Stories](https://fpdcc.com/250-years-of-america-thousands-of-years-of-stories/)
- [Want to Help Baby Animals? Leave Them Be\!](https://fpdcc.com/want-to-help-baby-animals-leave-them-be/)
- [Forest Preserves Police Takes Patrols to the Trails](https://fpdcc.com/forest-preserves-police-takes-patrols-to-the-trails/)

## Categories
- [Blog](https://fpdcc.com/category/blog/)
- [Press Release](https://fpdcc.com/category/press-release/)
- [President's Letter](https://fpdcc.com/category/presidents-letter/)

## Event Categories
- [Education](https://fpdcc.com/events/category/education/)
- [Hiking \& Walking](https://fpdcc.com/events/category/hiking/)
- [Southwest Cook County](https://fpdcc.com/events/category/southwest/)
- [Wellness in the Woods](https://fpdcc.com/events/category/wellness-woods/)
- [Arts \& Crafts](https://fpdcc.com/events/category/arts-and-crafts/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://fpdcc.com/sitemap_index.xml)