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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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Home » Places to Go » Locations » Morrill Meadow

Morrill Meadow

Entrance

107th St, west of La Grange Rd
Cook County, IL 60480
(near Willow Springs)

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Things to Do & Amenities

  • Parking
  • Portable Bathroom
  • Model Airplane Flying Field
  • Snowmobiling

Hours

Year-round: Sunrise to Sunset

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Page last updated: July 22, 2019
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Hours
Open every day from sunrise to sunset. Check with Nature Centers, Campgrounds and other facilities for specific hours.

General Headquarters
536 North Harlem Avenue
River Forest, IL 60305 (view map)

View General Headquarters hours.

  • Main: 800-870-3666
  • Permits: 800-870-3666 (option 1)
  • Police: 708-771-1000
  • Landscape Maintenance:
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  • Camping:
    855-YES-CAMP (855-937-2267)
  • Accessibility & ADA Support:
    630-453-7887
  • Media Inquiries: 708-906-1184
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