Chicago Botanic Garden
Tram tour at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Chicago Botanic Garden offers guided tram tours, garden walks for every season and birding tours of its 385 acres of gardens, which includes three native habitats. Located on Chicago's north shore, there is a wild mushroom hunt in the woods every spring and moonlight garden walks.
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, IL 60022
(847) 835-5440
http://www.chicagobotanic.org
Chicago's Lakefront Bicycle Tour
This eight-mile round-trip tour is classified as easy and recommended for children and families. The tour travels through Lincoln Park, the beach, Lincoln Park Zoo, Millennium Park and Grant Park. Enjoy lakeshore scenery as well as Chicago's attractions and architecture. The tour takes two to three hours.
McDonald's Cycle Center
239 E. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 729-1000
info@bikechicago.com
http://www.chicagobikestation.com/tours.htm
Wolfe Wildlife Refuge
The Wolfe Wildlife Refuge is 45 acres of wetlands that offers programs for all ages. The refuge also includes a playground, volleyball and basketball courts, walking paths, and picnic areas. A paved walking and biking path makes it easy to see the wetlands, or you can see wildlife from the observation deck. The park is open from dawn to 10 p.m., and admission is free.
Wolfe Wildlife Refuge
109th & Laramie Avenue
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
(708) 857-2200
email: info@olparks.com.
http://www.olparks.com/parks & facilities/parks_wolfe_wildlife.htm
Article Written By Susan Miller
Susan Miller has been a professional journalist since 1990. She edited two weeklies for a chain of suburban newspapers and has written for the "Indianapolis Star," the "Indianapolis Business Journal" and several magazines, among other publications and websites. Miller studied design, photography and technology at Purdue University and Central Piedmont Community College.
