National Get Outdoors Day 2016:
Saturday June 11
June is National Great Outdoors Month and Saturday, June 11 is National Get Outdoors Day. I have some wonderful Chicago area nature preserves for you to visit, right now, just in time for this special day! But don’t just get outside on Saturday. Keep visiting this website for regular ChicagoNatureNow! Alerts and forecasts to help you discover and experience the best nature that the Chicago region has to offer. Subscribe for these alerts for free (to the right).
Have a wonderful time in your adventures and let me know how it goes!
-Mike
Where to go on National Get Outdoors Day 2016
Visit Illinois Beach Nature Preserve, Bluff Spring Fen, and other preserves across the Chicago region. See details below.
(Photographs are from previous years.)
Sand coreopsis spread with golden joy along the banks of the Dead River at Illinois Beach Nature Preserve in Zion, Illinois.
In the oak savanna, wild lupines share combine with hoary puccoon at Illinois Beach Nature Preserve in Zion, Illinois.
WHERE:
Illinois Beach Nature Preserve in Zion, Illinois
WHAT:
- Gleeful blooms of yellow sand coreopsis take over the sand prairie along the eastern trail.
- In the black oak savanna, see beautiful displays of blue wild lupine and golden hoary puccoon.
Watch my video of Illinois Beach Nature Preserve as recorded on June 6, 2016:
WHERE:
Bluff Spring Fen in Elgin, Illinois
WHAT:
- Pale purple coneflowers and foxglove beardtongue
Pale purple coneflowers rise above the prairie at Bluff Spring Fen in Elgin, Illinois.
OTHER BEAUTIFUL PRESERVES BLOOMING NOW:
- Theodore Stone Preserve in Hodkins, IL
- Somme Prairie Grove in Northbrook, IL
- Gensburg-Markham Prairie in Markham, IL
- Chiwaukee Praire State Natural Area in Pleasant Prairie, WI
- Belmont Prairie in Downers Grove, IL
