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Location & Things to Do
Wayside Woods
Entrance
Lehigh Ave, north of W Dempster Ave
Morton Grove, IL 60053
Things to Do & Amenities
- Parking
- Portable Bathroom
- Volunteer Opportunities
- No Alcohol (without permit)
Picnic Groves
- Grove #1
(with shelter)- Capacity: 150 people
Hours
Year-round: Sunrise to SunsetClosures & Alerts
Volunteer Opportunities
One of the fine prairie restorations along the North Branch is Wayside Woods Prairie. A former baseball diamond is now covered with prairie flowers joining two small, high quality prairie remnants. Many of the classic prairie plants are found here, including grasses such as big bluestem, switch grass and northern dropseed, stiff and Riddell’s goldenrods, tall coreopsis, prairie dock, compass plant and many others.