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An imposing Black Hawk Statue. It's great that you can drive to the top of the hill where it is located. We walked down the almost 150 steps to the riverbank. There is a nice trail right next to the river.

This preserve has the East Branch Dupage River flowing through it. There are restrooms, picnic benches as well as a shelter you can book. The tall old trees turn the most pretty colors in fall. The trail next to the river is quite short and good for children. There are birds everywhere as well as herons, egrets, turtles, chipmunks, ducks and you can even see the fishes swimming from the banks.
The access to the other side of the preserve is from the end of the shelter parking lot. You park your car here and walk through a tunnel, pass the forest preserve offices and the trail for the natural area is on the right.