Now that the weather is finally warming up, it’s time to start planning some outdoor adventures for our pups. FTF has put together a list of dog-friendly forest preserves, parks, and lake/water destinations that our volunteers enjoy for you and your pooch to check out:
Forest Preserves
Songbird Slough – Mill Rd & George St, Itasca
Busse Woods & Elk Pasture – Elk Grove
Wood Dale Grove – Wood Dale Rd South of Oak Meadows Dr, Wood Dale
Harms Woods – Golf Rd & Harms Rd, Morton Grove
Graue Mill & Fullersburg Woods – York Rd & Spring Rd, Oakbrook
Bemis Woods & Dean Nature Sanctuary – 31st St & Ogden Ave, Westchester
Churchill Preserves & River – Swift Rd & St. Charles Rd, Lombard
Lagoon Park – Grace St & Marcus Dr, Lombard
Cricket Creek Preserve – Fullerton Ave & Villa Ave, Addison
Burr Oak Woods – 131st St & Harlem Ave, Orland Park
Waterfall Glen – Cass Ave & Northgate Rd, Lemont
Cuba Marsh – Cuba Rd & Ela Rd, Deer Park
Bode Lakes – Bartlett Rd & Bode Rd, Streamwood
Camp Pine Woods – River Rd & W Lake Ave, Glenview
Beck Lake Woods (Not the dog park area) – E River Rd & Central Rd, Glenview
Bunker Hill – Touhy & Harts Rd, Chicago
Caldwell Woods – Milwaukee & Devon, Chicago
Forest Glenn North Branch Trail – Forest Glenn Ave & Catalpa Ave, Chicago
Skokie Lagoons – Tower Rd & Skokie Blvd, Skokie
Moraine Hills State Park – River Rd, McHenry
Parks
Hamilton Lakes Park – Devon & Park Blvd-Itasca
Medina Park District – Thorndale Ave & Medinah Rd, Medinah
Happy Acres Park – Bryn Mawr & Willow St, Itasca
Goose Lake Park – 1055 Mensching Rd, Roselle
Terrace View Park & Lake – North Ave & Main St, Lombard
Redmond Reservoir – York Rd & George St, Bensenville
Skokie Sculpture Park –McCormick Blvd between Dempster St & Touhy Ave, Skokie
Lake Park Recreation Area & Paths – Touhy Ave & Lee St, Des Plaines
Indian Boundary Park & Lagoon (Tennis Courts) – Western Ave & Estes Ave, Chicago
Peterson Park & Nature Center – Pulaski Rd & Ardmore Ave, Chicago
Jackson Park & Lagoon – 59th St & Stoney Island, Chicago
Promontory Point at Lake Michigan – 55th St & Shore Dr, Chicago
Washington Park & Lagoon – 58th St & Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago
The 606 Bloomingdale Trail & Park – 1805 N Ridgeway Ave, Chicago
Lake Katherine Nature Center – 115th St & Harlem Ave, Palos Heights
Dawes Park & Lagoon – Sheridan Rd & Lake St, Evanston
Sculpture Park & Prairie Arts Center Grounds – Schaumburg Rd & Summit Dr, Schaumburg
Gallery Park - Patriot Blvd & West Lake Ave, Glenview
Lake/Water Areas
Spring Creek Reservoir – Lake St & Medinah Rd, Bloomingdale
Plum Grove Reservoir Park – Algonquin Rd & College Dr, Palatine
Maple Lake – Lake St & Circle Ave, Bloomingdale
Twin Lakes Recreation Area – 1200 E Lake St, Palatine
Lake Opeka & Park – Lee St & Touhy Ave, Des Plaines,
Bode Lakes – Bartlett Rd & Bode Rd, Streamwood
Mallard Lake – Gary Ave & Schick Rd, Hanover Park
Lake Michigan lakefront
For questions about parking, hours and days of operation, and any current health or dog-related protocols, go online or call directly. And late this fall, when the weather starts getting cold again (we don’t even want to think about that now!), we’ll do another blog listing indoor destinations we can enjoy with our pups.
Want to help an adoptable dog enjoy a day out at one of these parks? Sign up to volunteer for our Tails Around Town field trip program, which was created to help our adoptable dogs burn off some energy and get more exposure to the community and outdoors! To learn more about volunteering or to fill out an application, please visit: https://www.fetchingtailsfoundation.org/be-a-volunteer
Written by: Michele G
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