This is a 10k walk through historic Wheaton with a shorter 5k route available. Highlights of both include: Wheaton College campus, the old DuPage County Courthouse and jail, the Wheaton French Market (operating Saturdays from mid-April through mid-November only), residential areas which have numerous homes that date back to the late 1800s, and Wheaton's downtown area with its many shops and eateries.
Walk begins at 10 a.m. Please arrive by 9:45 to register.
Start Point: Wheaton Public Library
225 N Cross St, Wheaton, IL
The Chicago Gold Coast walk takes you on Chicago's famed Michigan Avenue past the Art Institute of Chicago and Millennium Park. The 10K option continues over the Chicago River along the Magnificent Mile to the Gold Coast neighborhood. Gracious townhomes line the streets leading to the Chicago History Museum. The 5K option will take you along Chicago's new Riverwalk to LaSalle Street, Chicago's center for government and finance. Strollers may find Riverwalk option difficult due to stairs.
Walk begins at 10 a.m. Please arrive by 9:45 to register.
Start Point: Hostelling International USA
24 E. Ida B. Wells Dr (formerly Congress Pkwy), Chicago , IL
Trails are on old roads and railroad beds surfaced with crushed gravel and mowed grass. Walks pass through large open fields and restored prairie. On the trails you can view and pass old ammunition bunkers--the remnants of the long-closed Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, the WWII-designed Bailey Bridge, and Midewin's bison herd. Parts of the trail are shared with bicyclists and equestrians.
Walk begins at 10 a.m. Please arrive by 9:45 to register.
Start Point: Midewin Welcome Center
30239 S. IL Route 53, Wilmington, IL
The trail will take you into historic neighborhoods and the downtown business area (listed on the National Register of Historic Places). You will walk on the Illinois Michigan Canal path, along the Illinois River, over a unique boardwalk, and into a city park. The trail is on paved walkways & roads. The Illinois Michigan Canal path is gravel.
Walk begins at 10 a.m. Please arrive by 9:45 to register.
Start Point: Morris Public Library
604 Liberty Street, Morris, IL
The trail takes you on Old Plank Road, now a bike trail, through the Frankfort historic downtown area and through new-home subdivisions.
Walk begins at 10 a.m. Please arrive by 9:45 to register.
Start Point: Cultivate Community Table
11 S. White Street, Frankfort, IL
Busse Woods/Ned Brown Preserve is 3,558 acres and part of the Cook County Forest preserve system. Since 1925, a small elk herd has inhabited a 17-acre enclosed pasture in Busse Woods. The walk is a 12k loop on a paved bicycle trail through Busse?s upland forest, an ancient remnant, full of tall red oaks and hickories, maple, ash, basswood, elm and very large ironwoods. The walk passes the elk enclosure, boating area, dam, and various picnic areas. The 5k walk is an out-and-back walk to the elk enclosure.
Walk begins at 10 a.m. Please arrive by 9:45 to register.
Start Point: Busse Forest Main Dam Grove 26 & 27
Elk Grove Village, IL
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