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Preserves and Trails

Select a preserve from the list below to find out more about its location, history, and activities offered.

Improved Preserves

Improved Preserves feature public access and physical improvements such as trails, picnic pavilions, and more.

• Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature Preserve

• Evans-Judge Preserve

• Forsythe Woods

• Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve

• Hadley Valley Preserve

• Hammel Woods

• Hickory Creek Preserve - Hickory Creek Barrens

• Hickory Creek Preserve - Hickory Creek Junction

• Hickory Creek Preserve - LaPorte Road Access

• Hunters Woods

• Isle a la Cache Preserve

• Joliet Iron Works Historic Site

• Keepataw Preserve

• Lake Renwick Preserve - Copley Nature Park

• Lake Renwick Preserve - Heron Rookery Nature Preserve

• Lake Renwick Preserve - Turtle Lake

• Lambs Woods

• Laughton Preserve

• Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve

• McKinley Woods

• Messenger Marsh Preserve

• Messenger Woods Nature Preserve

• Monee Reservoir

• Raccoon Grove Nature Preserve

• Riverview Farmstead

• Rock Run Greenway - Black Road Access

• Rock Run Greenway - I&M Canal Access

• Rock Run Greenway - Paul V. Nichols Access

• Rock Run Greenway - Theodore Marsh

• Runyon Preserve

• Sugar Creek Preserve

• Thorn Creek Woods Nature Preserve

• Veterans Woods

• Whalon Lake

Trails

Our trails offer miles of scenic paths on which you can exercise and enjoy nature.

• Centennial Trail / I&M Canal Trail

• DuPage River Trail

• Hammel Woods Bikeway

• Hickory Creek Bikeway - East Branch

• Hickory Creek Bikeway - West Branch

• Joliet Junction Trail

• Lake Renwick Bikeway

• Old Plank Road Trail

• Rock Run Trail

• Spring Creek Greenway Trail

• Wauponsee Glacial Trail

Dog Parks

A dog park is a special kind of Preserve that allows off-leash dog exercising in designated areas.

• Forest Preserve Dog Parks

Coming Soon

These Preserves are undergoing improvements, and will be open to the public soon!

• Prairie Bluff Preserve

• Rock Run Rookery

Unimproved Preserves

Unimproved Preserves do not have public access or developments, but serve to protect natural resources.

• Black Walnut Creek Preserve

• Briscoe Mounds

• Caton Farm Preserve

• Colvin Grove

• Deer Creek Preserve

• Donohue Grove Preserve

• DuPage River Confluence Preserve

• Fiddyment Creek Preserve

• Forked Creek Greenway

• Huyck's Grove Preserve

• Jackson Creek Preserve

• John Wesley Preserve

• Kankakee Sands Preserve

• Lily Cache Wetlands

• Moeller Woods Preserve

• O'Hara Woods Preserve

• Plum Valley Preserve

• Plum Valley Ravines

• Potawatomi Woods Preserve

• Prairie Creek Preserve

• Romeoville Prairie Nature Preserve

• Sand Ridge Savanna Preserve

• Sauk Trail Reservoir

• Teale Woods Preserve

• Thorn Creek Headwaters Preserve

• Thorn Grove Preserve

• Vermont Cemetery

• Vincennes Trail

• Walnut Hollow Preserve

• Wayne Lehnert Preserve

• Wolf Creek Preserve

Visitor Centers

• Environmental Learning Center

• Four Rivers Environmental Education Center

• Isle a la Cache Museum

• Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Visitor Center

• Monee Reservoir

• Plum Creek Nature Center

• Sugar Creek Administration Center

Obtain Accessible Information or Services Here, or Call 815.727.8700 (A TDD Relay Service is Available at 800.526.0844)

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