Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Bonner Farm (201 Country Place, Lindenhurst)!
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 walk planned. The longest walk will have two fairly steep hills (down into a ravine and back up again). It is an absolutely beautiful path down there but somewhat challenging. The 2-mile route skips the ravine. Paved, crushed gravel, and woodchips. Mostly flat. Pets allowed. Restrooms available
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Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Vernon Hills Memorial Arbortheater (50 Memorial Drive, Vernon Hills)!
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 after a small office complex on the right). That specific area is beautiful and wonderful to just sit and think. It connects to a longer trail in Deerpath Park. That trail is paved, mostly flat, and almost no shade. 3-mile loop (if you only want a mile stay in the Arbortheater area). Pets allowed. No restrooms. We’ll be walking by a very cool outdoor playgrounds so you might want to bring the kids. The playground is called “Kids Castle” and is part of the Vernon Hills Park District if you want to look it up.
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Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Singing Hills Forest Preserve (30700 N. Fish Lake Road, Round Lake)!
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.
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Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Old School Forest Preserve (28285 N. St. Mary’s Road)!
Directions/Walk Details: Once you enter the preserve, go to the ring road and turn right (it’s one-way). We’ll meet in the 1st parking lot on the RIGHT (The sign says – picnic ground). We will be walking NORTH on the Des Plaines River Trail. To Oak Spring Road and back is 5 miles. Crushed gravel. Quite flat. Some shade. May be buggy, bring protectant. Pets welcome. Restrooms at the picnic ground
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Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at the Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve (1401 Middlefork Drive, Lake Forest)!
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 along the Millennium Trail to an old train bridge which was built by the original owner of the land, J. Ogden Armour (think hot dogs). The walk is 1.3 miles to the bridge and on the return trip we’ll take a small side loop allowing us to see the underside of the bridge. That will make for a 2.8-mile round trip. Port-a-pottie at the entrance. Pets allowed.
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Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at the Nippersink Forrest Preserve (900 W. Belvidere Road, Round Lake)!
Directions/Walk Details: 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 take the side path North to Nippersink Road & back you will add another 1.5 miles for a nice 3-mile walk. Pets allowed. Restrooms available. Not much shade.
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Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at the Van Patten Woods West (15838 W. Route 173 (at Route 41)!
Directions/Walk Details: A beautiful 2.5-mile path around the big lake but there is a bridge allowing you to cut the walk-in half. Crushed gravel. When you enter the preserve, follow the road to the LEFT. We will meet in the 1st parking lot you encounter on the WEST side of the lake. Pets allowed. Restrooms available.
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Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Vicki Paddock Park (formerly known as O’Plaine Park – 235 O’Plaine Road, Gurnee)!
Directions/Walk Details: From the park, we’ll walk along the nature path (entrance on the South side of O’Plaine Park) to Route 120 and back for a nice 2.5-mile walk. Pets allowed. Restrooms available. Mostly shaded, paved path.
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Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Sedge Meadow Forest Preserve (15615 W. Wadsworth Road, Wadsworth)!
Directions/Walk Details: This is at the corner of Route 41 & Wadsworth. The parking with access to the Des Plaines River Trail is behind The Shanty and is accessed off of Wadsworth Road. Hard-packed gravel. Some shade. We’ll head SOUTH on the DPRT. One loop is 1.5 miles and there is a longer loop that runs along the river and is closer to 2.5 miles. Mostly flat. Pets welcome. Port-a-pottie by the parking lot.
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Join the GO Gurnee Walking Club at Warren Township Park (17801 W. Washington Street, Gurnee)!
Directions/Walk Details: Enter off of Almond just South of Washington. 1.5-mile gravel trail. Mostly flat. Some shade. Restrooms available. Sorry, no pets allowed.
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