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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 developed improvements such as trails, picnic pavilions, and more.

• Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature Preserve

• Colvin Grove Preserve

• Evans-Judge Preserve

• Forked Creek Preserve - Butcher Lane Access

• Forked Creek Preserve - Forsythe Woods

• Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve

• Hadley Valley - Bruce Road Access

• Hadley Valley - Gougar Road Access

• Hadley Valley - Route 6 Access

• Hammel Woods - Crumby Recreation Area

• Hammel Woods - DuPage River Access

• Hammel Woods - Route 59 Access

• Hickory Creek Preserve - Hickory Creek Barrens

• Hickory Creek Preserve - Hickory Creek Junction

• Hickory Creek Preserve - LaPorte Road Access

• Hunters Woods

• Isle a la Cache

• Joliet Iron Works Historic Site

• Keepataw Preserve

• Lake Chaminwood Preserve

• Lake Renwick Preserve - Copley Nature Park

• Lake Renwick Preserve - Heron Rookery Nature Preserve

• Lake Renwick Preserve - Turtle Lake Access

• Lambs Woods

• Laughton Preserve

• Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve

• Lower Rock Run Preserve - I&M Canal Access

• McKinley Woods - Frederick's Grove

• McKinley Woods - Kerry Sheridan Grove

• Messenger Marsh

• Messenger Woods Nature Preserve

• Monee Reservoir

• O'Hara Woods Preserve

• Prairie Bluff Preserve

• Raccoon Grove Nature Preserve

• Riverview Farmstead Preserve

• Rock Run Preserve - Black Road Access

• Rock Run Preserve - Paul V. Nichols Access

• Rock Run Rookery Preserve

• Runyon Preserve

• Sauk Trail Reservoir

• Sugar Creek Preserve

• Teale Woods Preserve

• Theodore Marsh

• Thorn Creek Woods Nature Preserve

• Veterans Woods - Roy F. Hassert Grove

• Veterans Woods - Traders Corner

• 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

• Hickory Creek Bikeway

• Hickory Creek Bikeway - West Branch

• Joliet Junction Trail

• Lake Renwick Bikeway

• Old Plank Road Trail

• Plum Creek Greenway Trail

• Rock Run Greenway 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!

• Vermont Cemetery Preserve

• Veterans Memorial Trail

Unimproved Preserves

Unimproved preserves serve to protect natural resources and do not have developed access.

• Alessio Prairie

• Birds Junction Marsh

• Black Walnut Creek Preserve

• Briscoe Mounds

• Caton Farm Preserve

• Deer Creek Preserve

• Donohue Grove Preserve

• DuPage River Confluence Preserve

• Fiddyment Creek Preserve

• Hastert-Bechstein Preserve

• Huyck's Grove Preserve

• Jackson Creek Preserve

• John Wesley Preserve

• Kankakee Sands Preserve

• Kraske Preserve

• Lake of the Woods Preserve

• Lily Cache Wetlands

• Lockport Loop Trail

• Lockport Prairie East Preserve

• Moeller Woods Preserve

• Plum Valley Preserve

• Plum Valley Ravines

• Potawatomi Woods Preserve

• Prairie Creek Preserve

• Romeoville Prairie Nature Preserve

• Sand Ridge Savanna Nature Preserve

• Thorn Creek Headwaters Preserve

• Thorn Grove Preserve

• Vincennes Trail

• Walnut Hollow

• 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 Visitor Center

• Plum Creek Nature Center

• Sugar Creek Administration Center

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