Welcome to the Kane County Forest Preserves
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pleasure of all Kane County citizens. Enjoy them! Enjoy citizens. County Kane all of pleasure accommodations, contact the District’s ADA coordinator at at coordinator ADA District’s the contact accommodations, waterways. day, the forest preserves exist for the education, recreation and and recreation education, the for exist preserves forest the day, section of our Web site for information. To request special special request To information. for site Web our of section amount of sediment entering local local entering sediment of amount overnight, stopping for a few minutes, or spending the entire entire the spending or minutes, few a for stopping overnight, be registered with our ADA coordinator. See the Accessibility Accessibility the See coordinator. ADA our with registered be release water, and reduces the the reduces and water, release hiking through fields or woods, biking on a trail, camping camping trail, a on biking woods, or fields through hiking and single-rider golf carts must meet District requirements and and requirements District meet must carts golf single-rider and land’s ability to hold and slowly slowly and hold to ability land’s habitat and not stray from designated pathways. Whether Whether pathways. designated from stray not and habitat public. Other power-driven mobility devices such as Segways Segways as such devices mobility power-driven Other public. Nature Programs & Cultural Sites the improves wildlife, of types Remember to leave plants and animals in their natural natural their in animals and plants leave to Remember mobility impairments are permitted in all areas open to the the to open areas all in permitted are impairments mobility in our woods benefits numerous numerous benefits woods our in Understanding the past and preparing for the future nature! of beauty the enjoy and preserve local your Visit Motorized wheelchairs and scooters used to assist those with with those assist to used scooters and wheelchairs Motorized and controlling invasive brush brush invasive controlling and What More Can Citizens Do? Citizens Can More What disabilities to enjoy all our facilities, programs and services. services. and programs facilities, our all enjoy to disabilities crop field back to native prairie prairie native to back field crop The District welcomes the opportunity to help those with with those help to opportunity the welcomes District The Returning numerous acres of old old of acres numerous Returning to conditions similar to that of the past. past. the of that to similar conditions to Y ILIT B I SS E Acc including these significant sites: areas. natural large-scale create to CREEK BEND NATURE CENTER NATURE PROGRAMS lands altered restore to examples as areas natural these use to of these important habitats and and habitats important these of Within LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles is Creek Nature programs are offered for all ages — both at Creek Bend District the of intent the is it However, District. the by owned available in the information kiosks within most preserves. preserves. most within kiosks information the in available Durant House Museum fragments remaining the enhance Bend Nature Center — the hub of the Forest Preserve District’s Nature Center and forest preserves throughout Kane County — land the of fraction small a only are areas special these Sadly, list of rules and regulations. An abbreviated version is also also is version abbreviated An regulations. and rules of list The Durant House Museum, located at LeRoy Oakes Forest both to working is District The environmental education activities. You’ll find interpretive throughout at kaneforest.com for a full full a for kaneforest.com at Ordinance Use District’s the See Preserve in St. Charles, is a brick farmstead built in a simple county. entire the of part small Preserve Forest Oakes displays and the year. Be • LeRoy S ULATION G RE AND S RULE Greek Revival style. The house has been restored as a living a such comprise wetlands and woodlands prairies, Intact Preserve Forest Mound exhibits, sure to find • Johnson’s TORATION S RE S AREA ATURAL history museum representing the lifestyle and the furnishings N Preserve Forest Woods including out about our • Helm of the 1840s. Open Sundays from June - October and also County. Kane of Preserve Forest Kame/Meagher an amazing upcoming • Freeman of all its citizens. Our goal is to preserve and restore the nature nature the restore and preserve to is goal Our citizens. its all of Thursdays during summer months. See kaneforest.com information. more for 232-5980 (630) at Preserve Forest Young underwater nature • Dick preserve such lands for the education, recreation and pleasure pleasure and recreation education, the for lands such preserve for exact hours. Private and group tours are available by department Affairs Community the contact Please Preserve Forest Prairie diorama program • Burlington habitats, flora and fauna; and to restore, restock, protect and and protect restock, restore, to and fauna; and flora habitats, appointment. Call Preservation Partners at (630) 377-6424. Program. Bench & Tree Memorial a offers District The Preserve Forest Woods of the Fox offerings each • Bliss contribute to the preservation of natural and historic resources, resources, historic and natural of preservation the to contribute RAM G RO P H C BEN & REE T EMORIAL M Preserve Forest Prairie Underwood River, wildlife quarter in • Almon observation The Tree Line Pioneer Sholes School that County Kane within lands maintain and hold acquire, to The Pioneer Sholes School at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve is County Kane of District Preserve Forest the of mission The within the Kane County forest preserves: preserves: forest County Kane the within area, and plenty newsletter. Preserves. Nature State Illinois ION & GOAL & ION SS I M UR in St. Charles is a restored and furnished one-room country O trails to have a minimum impact on these precious jewels jewels precious these on impact minimum a have to trails Pets are not permitted in areas designated as as designated areas in permitted not are Pets of hands-on The Tree Line Preserve. school. The school is used regularly as a classroom by those Natural areas are available for viewing, but please remain on on remain please but viewing, for available are areas Natural opportunities is available on Forest Woods Tekakwitha at Park Riverbend and Preserve who want to relive a school day as it was 100 years ago. A twitter.com/forestpreserve recreational options at these preserves is intentionally limited. limited. intentionally is preserves these at options recreational for learning. our Web site Forest Woods Schweitzer Preserve, Forest Regole Preserve, collection of 19th and early 20th century school texts, early facebook.com/forestpreserve the original, native plant community survives. As such, active active such, As survives. community plant native original, the Children are drawn to the discovery area, filled with plenty of at kaneforest. Forest West Bluff River Fox Preserve, Forest West Aurora of official Kane County education records, and oral histories of kaneforest.com Nature Preserves. These preserves contain natural areas where where areas natural contain preserves These Preserves. Nature nature-oriented activities. Creek Bend Nature Center is sure com. You portions include areas dog off-leash Designated animals. and one-room schools are a few of the school’s features. Open Media Social & Web areas within the District have been designated as Illinois Illinois as designated been have District the within areas to provide a fun way to learn more about the Fox River as well may also plants native as well as visitors and pets protects This area). Sundays, June 15 - Oct. 15, from 1-4 p.m. For additional protecting the natural heritage of Kane County. Truly unique unique Truly County. Kane of heritage natural the protecting as the prairies, woodland and wetlands that make up Kane subscribe in off-leash designated a in (unless control owner’s their under Dial 911 Dial ........................... information, group or school tours, call (630) 377-6424. preserves the in emergency of cases In The District recognizes the importance of preserving and and preserving of importance the recognizes District The and kept kept and times all at leashed be must County’s ecology. Admission is free. electronic but welcome are Pets (630) 444-3064 (630) ............ rental private Center Nature Bend Creek Illinois State Nature Preserves Nature State Illinois S or printed PET (630) 444-3190 . (630) Creek Bend Nature Center Public Hours: format. Fabyan Villa Museum programs nature or Center Nature Bend Creek (630) 444-3064 (630) ... Within Fabyan Forest Preserve in Geneva, on the west side rental private Creek Brewster at Lodge Belding Monday - Thursday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. year during the spring and fall. and spring the during year hot ashes before leaving. Keep fires contained. fires Keep leaving. before ashes hot (630) 232-1242 (630) ..... of the Fox River, you’ll find the Fabyan Villa Museum. The reservations camping youth or rental Shelter Friday: Closed For nature each burns prescribed conduct staff District trained Highly Please discard ashes or charcoal in hot coal containers or soak soak or containers coal hot in charcoal or ashes discard Please (630) 232-5980 232-5980 (630) .............................................. Riverbank Estate of George & Nelle Fabyan from 1905-1939, information General Saturday - Sunday: 12 - 4 p.m. programs fires. periodic to adapted long been have habitats and plants Fires are only permitted in provided fireplaces and grills. grills. and fireplaces provided in permitted only are Fires the Fabyan Villa contains many period artifacts. The home Numbers Telephone information, native our All flourish. to wetlands and woodlands prairies, S IRE Private Rental of Creek Bend Nature Center was also notably redesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907. F reservations, allows and settlement to prior landscape our shaped Fire fire.