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Lyman Woods & William F. Sherman, Jr. Interpretive Center

Overview: Lyman Woods & William F. Sherman, Jr. Interpretive Center is rated 4.6/5 from 218 Google reviews. Visitors say this nature preserve offers lovely walking trails through woods and wetlands, and a nature center that's great for kids and adults. Amenities: Reviewers often mention shade. Crowd: Reviews describe regular visitors and active use, a friendly crowd of owners and dogs, and steady activity with other dogs to meet.

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4.6Google rating

218reviews

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4.6(218 reviews)

Visitors say this nature preserve offers lovely walking trails through woods and wetlands, and a nature center that's great for kids and adults. They also highlight the well-maintained trails, abundance of parking, and the beautiful trees and wildflowers.

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dogs that need room to runsocial dogs and owners who enjoy a regular crowd

Quick facts

Address901 31st St, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA

Phone(630) 963-9388

City pageDowners Grove

Imported fromDowners Grove, IL

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dogs that need room to runsocial dogs and owners who enjoy a regular crowdnature preservetourist attractionpark6 Google photos218 reviewsCurrently closed

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Tahani Alrayyan7 months ago

This place is awesome! Today we went there, we visited the bees, such a great experience. we learnt about the bees and their jobs, and we got to see the bees up close plus their hives, they also have such a beautiful forest preserve and a room with animals that are the cutest! The kids enjoyed their time and learnt tons of new information! 100% recommending it. To add the Staff is super helpful and actually know what they are doing and teaching the kids! Super friendly and cooperative.

Nabeel6 months ago

Beautiful trail both paved and unpaved areas. They have a honeybee farm as well that was pretty interesting to see. Aside from trail they also have a beautiful visitor center with activities for kids.

Jeremy Davisa year ago

Beautiful preserve! Really quiet and serene despite being tucked in a busy area. Some parts of the trail on the eastern side of the preserve near Midwestern University are pretty overgrown, but most of the trails were well-maintained and diverse from dirt paths in the woods, to boardwalks, to paved paths.

Will Folkmara year ago

Lyman Woods & nature preserve is a nice place they have bike trails, nature trails, and a learning center inside of their green building. There's a butterfly area and bee hives that you can check out close up.staff, and volunteers were friendly and helpful. There's there seems to be plenty of parking, but the lots are not all that large. It's located just north of Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Illinois. Nice way to spend some time with nature and outdoors.

Witcha year ago

Great place for a hike! They have a learning center with washrooms. No dogs allowed due to wildlife. Plenty of parking. Beautiful trees and wild flowers! Beautiful trails to walk on. It’s a gem in Downers Grove 🩷

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Monday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

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