Linne Prairie
Linne Prairie 8874 Lehigh Ave, Morton Grove, ILLinne Prairie is a different site from the rest of the North Branch preserves. The area was used as temporary storage for a huge pile of limestone excavated for the deep tunnel...
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Oxbow Prairie
Oxbow Prairie 6800 N Caldwell Ave, Chicago, ilOxbow Prairie, formed by an old loop in the river’s course, lies northwest of Bunker Hill Savanna. This old oxbow in the Chicago River’s North Branch is a combination of low, wet...
Bunker Hill Savanna
Bunker Hill Forest Preserve 6800 Caldwell Ave, Chicago, ilWinding west and north along the bluff above the Chicago River, the bike path runs through the Forest Preserve known as Bunker Hill Savanna and Sidney Yates Flatwoods . Bounded by Caldwell,...
Miami Woods and Prairie
Miami Woods Forest Preserve 8200 N Caldwell Ave, Niles, ILThe Miami Woods Forest Preserve covers 112 acres stretching along the west side of the North Branch of the Chicago River from Oakton Street northward to Dempster Street. It is bounded on...
Blue Star Memorial Woods
Blue Star Woods Forest Preserve Wilmette Ave & Harms Road, Glenview, ilAt the center of the site is a nice oak woodland community; the northeast corner has wet oak woods with many sedges still present. Much of this site was heavily used first...
Labagh-Hernandez Woods (by invitation)
Labagh-Hernandez Woods 5275 N. Cicero, Chicago, ilThis site is an important migratory bird stop-over along the North Branch of the Chicago River. encompassing wet savanna, marsh, and mature floodplain woods dominated by swamp white oaks. Join an inspiring...