Lake View Nature Ctr Travel Information (Villa Park, IL)

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Other Activities

• Chicago Area Walking Tours and City Walks

Great Western Trail—DuPageCounty (Distance: 0.6 mi) As the Great Western Trail makes a straight shot west from Villa Park, it cuts through residential areas and brushes against community parks and forest preserves. Expect to see woods, prairie, and wet...

Villa Park, IL - Rail trails - length:11.7 mi

Illinois Prairie Path (Distance: 1.3 mi) For those of you who cherish the presence of trails wherever they may be, the Illinois Prairie Path must be ridden out of respect for its origins. It's among the first large-scale rails-to-trails unde...

Lombard, IL - Road Biking - length:20.6 mi

Illinois Prairie Path (Distance: 3.0 mi) The eastern trailhead is at 1st Avenue in Maywood. The Wheaton intersection point, the middle, is often considered the starting point. The trail's branches take you to Aurora, Batavia, Geneva, and E...

Maywood, IL - Mountain Biking - length:122 mi

Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve Loop (Distance: 4.9 mi) You may be surprised to find this much natural beauty just 20 miles from the Loop. Nearly this entire hike accompanies Salt Creek as it meanders next to a bluff and winds around a couple of islands on...

Hinsdale, IL - Hiking - length:3.25 mi

Illinois Prairie Path—Main Stem (Distance: 5.6 mi) The Illinois Prairie Path, one of the first rail trails in the nation, runs along the route of the former Chicago, Aurora, and Elgin Railway, an electric railroad line that carried commuters and freig...

Glen Ellyn, IL - Rail trails - length:13.4 mi

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Sugar Creek Sugar Creek Golf Course Municipal, 9 holes 2239 yards, par 31 1.4 miles from center of Lake View Nature Ctr

Addison Addison Golf Course Public, 9 holes 1709 yards, par 27 3.3 miles from center of Lake View Nature Ctr

Glen Oak Glen Oak Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6503 yards, par 72 3.4 miles from center of Lake View Nature Ctr

Blue Butterfield Country Club Private Equity, 9 holes 0 yards, par 0 3.6 miles from center of Lake View Nature Ctr

White Butterfield Country Club Private Equity, 9 holes 0 yards, par 0 3.6 miles from center of Lake View Nature Ctr

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