Events

Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Betty Russell Park Trail / Pembrook Woods (meet at 5300 Pinewood Rd, Gurnee)! View map location here! Directions/Walk details: Walk counterclockwise and hit silo first for a 2-mile loop then additional 1 mile loop which includes Pembrook Woods & the water tower for a potential 3-mile walk. Half […]

Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Nippersink Forest Preserve (900 W Belvidere Rd, Round Lake)! View map location here! Directions/Walk details: NOTE: Park in the 1st parking lot to the RIGHT by picnic Shelter A. Packed gravel trails with gently rolling hills. 2 interconnected looping trails. The main trail is 1.5 miles. If you […]

Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Timberwoods / Blue Park (meet at 7377 Cascade Way)! View map location here! Directions/Walk details: The parking lot is right across the street from this address and next to the Blue Park. Overflow parking is on the street. Partly shaded. Paved path. A 2-mile route along Almond Road […]

Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve / Elewa Farm (meet at 1401 Middlefork Dr)! View map location here! Directions/Walk details: This is just a tad South of the intersection of Route 43 & Route 176. It is a mostly flat gravel trail with almost no shade. We’ll be heading South […]

Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Ray Lake Forest Preserve (23275 W Erhart Rd)! View map location here! Directions/Walk Details: This is a 2.3-mile loop circling a lake. Crushed rock path and mostly flat. It is near Route 60 & Freemont Center Road (think the Target in Mundelein). GPS will be helpful but here […]

Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Vernon Hills Memorial Arbortheater (50 Memorial Dr, Vernon Hills)! View map location here! Directions/Walk Details: This is just South of Hawthorne Mall and across from Vernon Hills High School. We’ll meet in the parking lot of a lovely outdoor amphitheater (Note: The entrance is very obscure, it’s immediately […]

Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Bonner Farm (201 Country Pl, Lindenhurst)! View map location here! Directions/Walk Details: This is off of Sand Lake Road just West of Route 45. We’ll be walking North on the Millennium Trail into the back entrance of McDonald Woods Forest Preserve. I have a 1-, 2-, and 3-mile […]

Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Prairie Crossing Subdivision (960 Harris Rd, Grayslake)! View map location here! Directions/Walk Details: Crushed gravel trail with some hills. Pets welcome. No restrooms. We’ll have 2 trail options. One is 3 miles and goes around the entire perimeter of the property. The other cuts that roughly in half […]

Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Independence Grove DPRT North / Haunted Gate (16400 Buckley Rd, Libertyville)! View map location here! Directions/Walk Details: We’ll meet at Independence grove by the sand volleyball area but will walk the Des Plaines River Trail NORTH towards Route 120. Along the way we will see the Haunted Gate […]

Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Singing Hills Forest Preserve (30700 N Fish Lake Rd, Round Lake)! View map location here! Directions/Walk Details: 3.2-mile crushed gravel path (East to Gilmer and back). Mostly flat. Not much shade. Pets welcome. Restrooms at the trailhead. Not a Walking Club member? Join for FREE today!

Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Des Plaines River Trail (meet at Adler Park Disc Golf Course / Toboggan Run at 1500 N Milwaukee Ave, Libertyville)! View map location here! Directions/Walk Details: Take Milwaukee Avenue South to the traffic light at the Libertyville Fire Station, turn left into the Adler Park. The Adler Park […]

Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Gelatin Park (250 Library Ln, Grayslake)! View map location here! Directions/Walk Details: Park near the new sledding hill by the smokestack. I have a 1-, 3-, and 5-mile walk plotted. The mile portion is through Central Park. The balance loops you through downtown Grayslake. Paved. Mostly flat. Pets allowed. […]

Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Mother Rudd / Des Plaines River Trail (4690 Old Grand Ave, Gurnee)! View map location here! Directions/Walk Details: Parking across the street on Kilbourne. This trail is an access point to the Des Plaines River Trail. It is packed gravel. Mostly flat. We’ll be heading NORTH on the […]

Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Raven Glen West Forest Preserve (890 IL-173, Antioch)! View map location here! Directions/Walk Details: This is NOT the same Raven Glen that we usually walk. This one is accessed about a mile WEST of Route 45 on Route 173. Pretend you are heading towards the Walmart in Antioch, […]

Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at the Fire Station #2 Bike Path (6581 Dada Dr, Gurnee)! View map location here! Directions/Walk Details: This is near the Gurnee Jewel. Park in the EAST lot of the fire station. The bike path is behind the station. We’ll walk WEST along the path for roughly 1.5 miles […]