Darien Park District Travel Information (Darien, IL)

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Other Activities

• Chicago Area Walking Tours and City Walks

Waterfall Glen (Distance: 0.7 mi) At the glen, trails are 8 feet wide, white-tailed deer are plentiful, and a scattering of pine groves planted long ago by the federal government offers constant changes in color and composition. Thoug...

Darien, IL - Road Biking - length:8.5 mi

Waterfall Glen (Distance: 1.5 mi) This ride is located south of Interstate 55 in Darien. You'll love this scenic, eight-and-a-half-mile loop. One of the most popular multi-purpose trails in the western Chicago suburbs, it passes thro...

Darien, IL - Mountain Biking - length:8.5 mi

Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve Loop (Distance: 3.0 mi) This diverse and sometimes rugged landscape includes dense woods of oak and pine, a generous number of ponds and cattail marshes, a prairie, a small waterfall, and an overlook of the Des Plaines River...

Willowbrook, IL - Hiking - length:9.6 mi

Saganashkee Slough (Distance: 4.4 mi) This large lake, not really a slough, attracts many ducks, fishermen, and birders. Nearly every dabbler and diver known to have occurred in Illinois have been recorded here. Birders have seen 19 speci...

Hickory Hills, IL - Birding - length:unknown

Maple Lake (Distance: 4.6 mi) Located at Palos Forest Preserve off IL83, 3 miles west of US 45. This 12-mile loop is a little longer and slightly more difficult than the Swallow Cliff loop. It passes around six sloughs and a coup...

LaGrange, IL - Mountain Biking - length:12 mi

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Carriage Greens Carriage Greens Country Club Public, 18 holes 6451 yards, par 70 1.1 miles from center of Darien Park District

Green Meadows Green Meadows Municipal, 9 holes 1942 yards, par 30 2.0 miles from center of Darien Park District

ZigField Troy Zigfield Troy Par3 Public, 9 holes 1064 yards, par 27 2.1 miles from center of Darien Park District

Village Greens of Woodrid Village Greens of Woodridge Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 6638 yards, par 72 2.2 miles from center of Darien Park District

Twin Lakes Twin Lakes Golf Club Municipal, 9 holes 1651 yards, par 29 2.5 miles from center of Darien Park District

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