If you like to bike and Hike, you're lucky to live near the Palos Preserves in Cook County. The Palos and Sag Valley Divisions consist of endless lakes, ponds, sloughs, meadows, forest, and beauty to be discovered on bike or by foot. The 14,000-acre preserve is by far the largest in the Chicago land area. These awesome, challenging trails and paths begin in Willow Springs and extend as far south as Orland Park.
Trails range from easy to very difficult.
Other trails are very easy for beginners. Scenic beauty and diverse ecosystems are connected through this trail system, which for all practical purposes are divided into 2 main sections, Northern and Southern, divided by the Cal-Sag Channel. South of the Cal-Sag Channel you'll find Tampier Lake, McGinnis Slough, Swallow Cliff, and Cap Sauers Holdings, just to name a few. Cap Sauers Holdings is the largest tract of undisturbed forest preserve in the area. Cal-Sag Road on the North, 104th Avenue on the East, and McCarthy and Ford Roads on the South border it.