dog friendly park

Busse Forest Elk Pasture

Overview: Busse Forest Elk Pasture is rated 4.8/5 from 1043 Google reviews. This nature preserve offers beautiful elk and nice areas for walking, jogging, and biking. Amenities: Reviewers often mention secure fencing and separate dog areas.

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4.8Google rating

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4.8(1,043 reviews)

People say this nature preserve offers beautiful elk and nice areas for walking, jogging, and biking. They highlight the well-maintained paved and unpaved trails, and the opportunity to see other wildlife like deer, coyotes, and birds. They also like the peaceful and scenic atmosphere, perfect for a family outing or a solo walk.

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small dogs or homes with multiple dog sizes

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Address225 N Arlington Heights Rd, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007, USA

Phone(800) 870-3666

City pageArlington Heights

Imported fromArlington Heights, IL

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Jose Zuniga3 months ago

Amazing! Depending on the time of day you may see the Elk up close! They like to rest in the far back area!* I’m addition they have a trail system for walking/bike riding!

Miranda Steier3 months ago

We stopped by the Busse Forest Elk Pasture on Christmas day and were able to see two of the Elk relatively close up as well as another one or two off in the distance. They grazed and even ran around a bit before heading off into the distance to join the others. Seeing them that day felt like a Christmas gift. We'll likely be stopping by again.

Erik Wendell4 months ago

Awesome place to see some fall colors or an afternoon walk ,I didn't get to see the Elk 🫎 I taking they took them away for the season ? Im not sure. A great park and great trails .

Tiffeny Jimenez9 months ago

Big beautiful park area with a 7.7 mile loop for a long walk this weekend. The trail was nice with great views of water and forest. Started and ended at the Elk trail head and the walk took about 3.5 hours. Wish there were more side off trail trails to take and that the bathrooms were working but otherwise I definitely will go back. I think bringing my bike would be the best thing for this place but great for picnics too. Only one hour from Chicago where I live.

Patricia Johnson11 months ago

There are paved trails as well as unpaved trails. We took an unpaved trail. It's beautiful ❤️. We saw deer, Coyotes , and many birds. The Elk Pasture itself, is fenced off. We weren't lucky enough to see one. 😔

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Monday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Tuesday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Wednesday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Thursday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Friday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM

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