Outdoor Activities
Outdoor Activities
The Byron Forest Preserve District includes more than 700 acres at four sites; a nature center with a natural history museum, an observatory, and an 18-hole golf course. The main site includes 450 acres of prairie, savanna, and woods overlooking the Rock River in northern Illinois.
September 6, 2003
The Champaign County Forest Preserve District manages four forest preserves in Champaign County. The Forest Preserve District offers a variety of recreational and educational outdoor activities.
September 4, 2003
Chicago Wilderness is an alliance of over 160 public and private organizations working to protect, restore and manage the roughly 200,000 acres of protected natural lands of the Chicago region for the benefit of the public. The organization's web site includes a section on Exploring Chicago Wilderness"". In addtion
August 22, 2003
The Forest Preserve District of Cook County manages 68,000 acres of land for outdoor recreation and pleasure. Among the facilities provided are nature and educational centers, bike trails and other multi-use trails for hiking, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing, picnic groves, fishing ponds and lakes, canoeing on rivers and streams, golf courses, swimming pools, model airplane flying fields, dog training areas, toboggan slides, a cross-country ski center, and other winter sports areas. In addition, 4,400 acres are dedicated to the Illinois Nature Preserve, a habitat for birds and other wildlife, that can be accessed by hikers.
August 22, 2003
The Forest Preserve Distirct of DuPage County manages more than 23,000 acres of land, including ovre 600 acres of lakes, 60 miles of river and streams, and over 80 miles of trails. Each year, more than 1.5 million people visit the Forest Preserve District to engage in outdoor recreational opportunies or educational programming.
August 11, 2003
The Forest Preserve District Of Will County owns and manages over 15,000 acres of land. Recreational facilities include nature centers, trails, a reservoir and much more.
August 22, 2003
The mission of the Forest Preserve is to preserve and protect open space, such as forest, prairie and wetland; to restore natural habitat for native plants and wildlife; and to provide educational programs for the appreciation, understanding and preservation of our natural areas.
September 6, 2003
The Grand Illinois Trail (GIT) is a 475-mile loop trail in northern Illinois. 200 miles of the route is on paved township and county roads while the rest is on limestone trails or paths. The Grand Illinois Trail is a work in progress, destined to link Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River and connect Chicago, Rockford and the Quad Cities with rural communities, State Parks and other Illinois attractions.
September 6, 2003
Grand Prairie Friends of Illinois is a nonprofit organization composed of people committed to preserving and restoring tallgrass prairie in East-Central Illinois. The volunteer opportunities include seed gathering, controlled burns, brush cutting and transplantatrion. In addition, they generate interest in prairies through a variety of educational programs.
September 6, 2003
The historic Illinois and Michigan (I & M) Canal extended 96 miles from Chicago to LaSalle, connecting the Great Lakes to the Illinois River. Today, the corridor has been preserved for recreational purposes. It is an affiliated area of the National Park System; however, the canal and its resources are owned or managed by state and local governments, not the federal government. It's a park"", abounding with outdoor recreational opportunites," but where people continue to live and work in the historic landscape."
October 19, 2011
The Illinois Audubon Society has been raising money to help the State of Illinois purchase and protect land since the 1950's in an effort to address statewide habitat decline for birds. By the 1980's, the I.A.S. began creating its own refuges, most of which are open to the public for hiking, bird-watching and more.
August 22, 2003
Looking for the Resident Youth Antlerless-Only Deer Permit Application""? If so
August 6, 2003
The Illinois Prairie Path (IPP) is a 61-mike hiking and biking trail located about 20 miles west of Chicago. It runs through Cook, DuPage and Kane Counties along an old railroad right-of-way.
August 9, 2003
Provides an alphabetical listing of Illinois state parks and recreational areas. You’ll find information on a variety of outdoor activities including: camping, hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, and more.
August 6, 2003
The Kane County Forest Preserve District strives to protect plant and animal life so that present and future generations can enjoy their wonders. Areas have been set aside for a variety of all-season recreational purposes, with portions of the lands deliberately left as primitive as possible.
September 6, 2003
Lake County Forest Preserve District is comprised of a variety of award-winning facilities on over 24,000 acres of peaceful, natural settings. The district offers many opportunities for year-round outdoor recreation, nature exploration and relaxation.
September 4, 2003
The Old Plank Road Trail is a 21-mile nature and recreational trail in northeastern Illinois, running from Chicago Heights to Joliet. It was built on the remains of an old railroad right-of-way and designed to preserve the rich and diverse native landscape of the region. It is used daily by joggers, bicyclists, roller-bladers and others.
August 9, 2003
The Society promotes the responsible use of the River to River Trail trail, which runs from Battle Rock at the Ohio River acrosss southern Illinois to Grand Tower on the Mississippi River.
October 19, 2011
The Shawnee National Forest is in southern Illinois. Explore the Shawnee National Forest and enjoy the largest, most diverse natural treasure in Illinois. In contrast to the rolling farm lands in northern Illinois, the more than 270,000 acres of the Shawnee National Forest lie in the rough, unglaciated areas of southern Illinois known as the Ozark and Shawnee Hills. Seldom anywhere else will you find such a diverse combination of vegetation, wildlife, and recreation opportunities.
January 25, 2004
The Vermilion County Conservation District was formed in 1966 by a referendum vote of the citizens of Vermilion County in Illinois. Vermilion County is located on the Indiana state line, 120 miles south of Chicago. The District features three parks: Forest Glen Preserve, Kennekuk County Park, and Lake Vermillion County Park.
January 25, 2004
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