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Forest Glen Preserve (Vermilion County Park)
Forest Glen Preserve Vermilion County Park is a nature preserve located in Westville, Illinois. The park is home to a variety of wildlife, including deer, fox, coyote, and a variety of birds. The park also features a variety of trails, including a 1.5 mile loop trail, a 1.2 mile loop trail, and a 0.5 mile loop trail. The trails are open to hikers, bikers, and horseback riders. The park also features a picnic area, a playground, and a fishing pond. The park is open year-round and is free to the public.
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User Reviews
Nish
Good customer service and no entrance fee when I visited in March 2024. Beautiful place. Vermillion river area is calm and has pretty colours. Pretty Interbedded graywackes and shale formation. Also saw sap collection and that was cool. It was a lovely experience.
David Breese
Great, 10-11 mile loop trail for beginner backpackers like me and my 10 yo son. Also perfect for experienced hikers looking for a nice day hike. Well marked and maintained trail with plenty of small inclines/declines to get your heart rate up. Campground was practically empty when we went (early May). Highly recommend the observation tower. Great views! We will be back for sure
Jessica Long
This was a nice backpacking trail. It was a mix of easy and moderate hiking with the latter portion following East Camp being the most moderate. We never found the visitor center, but we’re able to easily find the start of the river ridge backpacking trail. There were nice laminated placards to put in your car window for those folks who pre-planned to backpack. The red trail marks and arrows are pretty easy to find as were the junctions. Only issue we had was at the crossroads of Old Barn Trail and Deer crossing, but we figured it out pretty easily with the map. Note—the map is not really to scale, but is otherwise helpful. The Group camp area is nice and spacious and accessible via car. The river is seen along the final leg to the East Camp. There is one trail to access it. The East Camp has 5 sites and an outhouse. They are nicely space and have a picnic table and a fire pit. Overall, the woods were quite beautiful. Our trekking poles came in very handy with some of the hills at the end. It was nice to over along the ridge, but also be in the valleys. Would highly recommend for first time backpacking/campers. A nice one to start with. You can also fish at the pond.
anne e mrozek
Beautiful preserve with a great paved handicapped trail for wheelchairs winding through the forest of fall color. Other trails are lovely too. I tried three. I took on the observation tower but didn't quite make it beyond the last set of stairs with nothing under them. The wooden stair boards on the tower are showing wear and some are spongy, adding an extra level of anxiety for those who don't do heights easily.
Carollia
Lovely beech forest with some challenging trails with steep steps and other broad flat paths. My group enjoyed climbing the observation tower even though is a lot of stairs. Some spots hold a large number of bird species.