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Independence Grove Visitors Center

 
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The beautifully designed 19,000-square-foot Independence Grove Visitors Center is situated along the east shore of the preserve's 115-acre lake. The facility offers a spacious interior with a classroom, nature, history and traveling exhibits and a cafe with indoor and outdoor service. Walls of windows offer panoramic views of the lake and preserve.

The Visitors Center can be rented for weddings and other private celebrations, corporate meetings and retreats, and community functions. For more information: Call 847-247-1111.

Audubon Hall, the center's largest rental space, accommodates up to 350 people. The hall features elevated ceilings and a spacious design, making it the perfect setting for your next celebration or corporate meeting. More intimate settings are available by reserving one of the smaller partitioned spaces. For warm weather events, the indoor space flows easily outdoors onto a covered veranda.

The picturesque Millennia Plaza and surrounding amphitheater, fountain and native garden makes an ideal setting for a variety of special programs, events and outdoor celebrations.

Rental and catering arrangements: Events at Independence Grove, 847-247-1111.

Open daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., unless otherwise posted.

 
Location
The Independence Grove Forest Preserve and Visitors Center are located in central Lake County near Libertyville.
The entrance and parking area for the Independence Grove Visitors Center is located on Buckley Road (Route 137) east of Milwaukee Avenue (Route 21).
 
Contact Information
Independence Grove Visitors Center
16400 W Buckley Rd
Libertyville, IL 600485133
dstearns@lcfpd.org
847-968-3499 (phone)
847-918-9017 (fax)
 
Independence Grove Visitors Center, image (c) Jess Smith
Independence Grove Visitors Center
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