Busse Forest Nature Preserve is one of the richest and most diverse natural areas in the Forest Preserves, supporting sensitive ferns, hop sedge and blue flag iris.
Saturday, Oct 26 • 9 am
Meet at Busse Forest-North – Grove #2, E Higgins Rd/Rte 72, west of N Arlington Heights Rd.
Harms Woods Nature Preserve, a mesic oak woodland, is bisected by the North Branch of the Chicago River and features stunning seasonal wildflower and fall foliage.
Saturday, Oct 26 • 9:30 am
Meet at Glenview Woods, located on Harms Rd, south of Glenview Rd in Glenview.
Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve, a rare remnant black soil prairie, is home to more than 360 native plant species, including the beautiful blooms of prairie dock, Indian plantain and prairie phlox.
Saturday, Oct 26 • 9 am
Meet at Wolf Road Prairie, on 31st St, west of Wolf Road.
Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve, cradled by rolling upland woods, is one of a few peat bog ecosystems in the state, a habitat typically only found north of Illinois.
Saturday, Oct 26 • 12 pm
Meet at Country Lane Woods, 95th St, east of Flavin Rd/Willow Springs Rd.
Powderhorn Prairie and Marsh Nature Preserve—the only state-dedicated nature preserve within Chicago’s city limits—protects about 250 plant species, 2,500 insects and numerous bird species in a rolling dune-and-swale landscape.
Saturday, Oct 26 • 12 pm
Meet at Powderhorn Lake, S Brainard Ave, east of S Burnham Ave/S Ave O in Burnham.