Here you'll find valuable natural resources and sensitive wetlands in a country-like setting.
The preserve features a rolling landscape of scenic woodlands and open fields. The Indian Creek basin, which flows through the site, is an Advanced Identification Wetland (ADID), the highest wetland classification in Lake County. It offers exceptional wildlife habitat and plant communities including a sedge meadow.
Explore 2.5 miles of gravel trails for hiking, biking and cross-country skiing. Please keep dogs leashed and on trails at all times, and pick up after them. Learn about our off-leash Dog Parks (permit required).
An innovative playground provides a colorful series of tunnels, slides, ladders, bridges, decks and swings for children to climb and explore. The playground has two separate areas, one for ages 2–5, and one ages 5–12. Much of the playground is ramped for handicapped accessibility. There is also a sand pit, and lookout stations with views into the woods.
More than 116 species of birds appear here, including a resident population of waterfowl and herons. Six state endangered bird species, black tern, black-crowned night heron, yellow-crowned night heron, osprey, Forster's tern, and three state threatened bird species, brown creeper, pied-billed grebe and red-shouldered hawk have been found in the area.
The entrance is on Old McHenry Road, south of Route 22. The preserve is adjacent to the Long Grove Park District's Reed Turner Nature Preserve.
Use Google Map's Street View to get a 360-degree look at the preserve.
Before heading out, check the current status of trail underpasses. Also...
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Check out the seven programs scheduled for the remainder of December.
Donated trees are chipped and used for preserve trails and landscaping.
Cold weather brings winter fun in your forest preserves.
