Events

Hike List Fall-Winter 2026-2027

Indiana Dunes State Park

Sunday, November 1

Bonner Heritage Farm/McDonald Woods/Millennium Trail

Sunday, November 8

Burnidge Forest Preserve

Sunday, November 15

Waterfall Glen Nature Preserve in Darien/Lemont

Sunday, November 22

Morraine Hills State Park

Thursday, November 26

Emma Carlin Ice Age Trail

Sunday, November 29

Palos - Swallow Cliffs South

Sunday,December 6

Dellwood Park and Joliet Iron Works

Sunday, December 13

Herrick Lake and Danada Forest Preserves

Sunday, December 20

Harms Woods / North Branch of the Chicago River, Skokie

Friday, December 25 Christmas Day Hike

Palos Forest Preserve–Little Red School House Nature Center

Sunday, December 27

New Years Day Hike at Saganashkee Slough, Palos

Friday, January 1

Deer Grove Forest Preserve

Sunday, January 3

Veteran Acres Park, Wingate Prairie, Sterne’s Woods & Fen, Crystal Lake

Sunday, January 10

Potawatomi Woods Preserve, Des Plaines River Trail

Sunday, January 17

Chain O’Lakes State Park

Sunday, January 24

Maple Lake Boating Center, Palos Hills Forest Preserve

Sunday, January 31

Starved Rock State Park

Sunday, February 7

Indiana Dunes National Park

Sunday, February 14

Galentines Hike (Women only) - Deer Grove

Saturday February 20

Paul Douglas Preserve

Sunday, February 21

Chili Hike–Shabbona Lake State Park

Sunday, February 28