The Great Outdoors
The Forest Preserve:
Hours: Open 24 hours Everyday
Hiking in the forest preserve is beautiful year round. The main path is paved and several others are not. The 33 acre preserve adjoins the northeast corner of the lake. Turtles, squirrels, raccoons, ducks, geese, swans and other birds make their home here. The Conservators club tend the flora, cuss at any buckthorn and in 2000, won the National Backyard Wildlife Habitat Award.
Forest Preserve in the Fall
Hiking and Bike Path:
As you exit the forest preserve, the paved bike and hiking path follows the lake edge all around the lake and then around the baseball meadow. A full lap around it all is about 3.5 miles.
East entrance to the Forest
Summer on the Path