Chicago-land wetlands that are accessible by foot

("Accessible by foot" means there's an official trail or road there.)

Data originates from: It's directly combined from the Wetlands Mapper and the various trail maps (e.g. from AllTrails).

My synthesized data is stored at: My custom map.

Other custom maps I made:

• A big-picture overview of the rivers.

A few of our favorite wetlands

• Busse Woods
• Chicago Portage National Historic Site

More complete list of wetlands

• Des Plaines River
  • Evans Field [📍] [🎯] [FP] 0.8 km
  • Ottawa Trail Woods [📍] [🎯] [FP]
  • Chicago Portage National Historic Site [📍] [🎯] [FP]
• Salt Creek River
  • Salt Creek Woods [📍] [🎯] [FP] My rating after visiting: ★★★☆☆
  • Wolf Road Prairie [📍] [🎯] [FP]
  • Fullersburg Woods My rating after visiting: 1/5.
• DuPage River
  • East Branch Forest Preserve [📍] [🎯] [FP] [trail map]
• Busse Woods — Large area, diverse ecosystems. [📍] [🎯]
• Lyman Woods Forest Preserve [📍] [🎯] [FP] TODO: Revisit.
• Hidden Lake Forest Preserve [📍] [🎯] [FP] 0.7 km
• Fermilab — Most of the wetlands are inside the ring, and I believe this area is not normally open to the public.

TODO, maybe:

• Mays Lakes
• Danada

Major river systems:   [Edit]   [View]

Legend:

• 📍   Google Maps link that's better suited for use on the laptop.
• 🎯   Google Maps link that's better suited for use on the phone.