The adjoining 325-acre Thatcher Woods Forest Preserve provides residents with additional recreation space. The Trailside Museum of Natural History of the Cook County Forest Preserves harbors indoor and outdoor wildlife. In addition to various exhibits, the museum has an animal rehabilitation center to care for injured forest denizens. Home styles are varied and include English Tudors, Victorians, large ranches and homes with Prairie School details. Elementary school children attend district 90.
Emphasis is on the basics of learning, as well as foreign languages and computer science.
Teenagers attend Oak Park-River Forest High School in district 200. The average composite ACT score for 1998 was 23.7. Drivers reach the Loop in 25 minutes and O'Hare and Midway airports in 35 minutes. Bus service is also available.