BUFFALO CREEK
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CHECKER RD
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Featured Preserve
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SET AMID BUSTLING SUBURBS, A QUIET PLACE TO RELAX AND
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his expansive 408-acre preserve offers 5.5 miles of gravel trails
for hiking, biking and cross-country
BUFFALO CREEK FOREST PRESERVE 408 ACRES | LONG GROVE
PRESERVE AREA
WOODED AREA
WATER
VILLAGE PARK/PRESERVE ENTRANCE
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PARKING PRESERVE TRAILS TRAIL (COMING SOON)
TRAIL ACCESS TRAIL ACCESS (COMING SOON) FISHING
OVERLOOK
ACTIVITIES & AMENITIES FISHING BIKING
skiing. Fishing is allowed in the reservoir, which plays a major role in area flood control. Compared to our other preserves, Buffalo Creek has the highest number of people (nearly 139,000) living within a 10-minute drive of its entrance. We acquired land here between 1978 and 1998. Schaeffer Road divides the preserve—land on the east was obtained primarily for flood water detention and land on the west for preservation of open space. Depending on seasonal rainfall, changes occur regularly in the appearance of the preserve’s dam,
HIKING
reservoir and sprawling creeks. The
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
prairie is a favorite nesting spot for
PUBLIC PARKING
grassland birds, including bobolinks
TOILETS
and eastern meadowlarks.
PICNIC TABLES
Public access and restoration projects GETTING HERE The entrance is on Checker Road just west
have been ongoing since the 1980s. The most recent improvements are
of Arlington Heights Road. Trail access
the addition of 1.7 miles of trails,
for pedestrians and bicyclists is also
seven new boardwalks, two scenic
available along Arlington Heights Road, Checker Road and Schaeffer Road.
HORI ZONS QUARTERLY WIN T E R 2 02 0