CHICAGO (WLS) -- Camping lovers in the Chicago area can travel a little less this summer to get a taste of the outdoors. For the first time in decades, individuals and families can now camp at ...

The article 2026 Picnic Permits On Sale Soon, Camping Reservations To Open For Cook Co. Forest Preserves appeared first on Tinley Park Patch. COOK COUNTY — Permits for picnics and special events, and ...

Camp Sullivan is the second campsite to open since Memorial Day weekend when the Forest Preserves of Cook County kicked off the camping season at Camp Shabbona Woods in the South Holland/Calumet City ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Forest Preserves of Cook County will begin selling 2017 picnic permits online and in-person Tuesday. Nearly 1,000 permits are issued on the first day they are available for ...

For the first time in 50 years, Cook County is opening camping grounds across the Chicago suburbs, and staff is encouraging everyone to spend a night under the stars. “A lot of people think they have ...

Chicagoland parents who are looking to add a little adventure to family life need look no further than the Forest Preserves of Cook County — where plenty of close-to-home wildlife and nature ...

Tucked between highways in South Holland is Camp Shabbona Woods, a campground within the Cook County Forest Preserve Districtthat has been largely unused for 50 years. This weekend, Camp Shabbona ...

This month, for the first time in their lives, some 10- and 11-year-old Cub Scouts from Chicago built a fire, pitched tents and slept under the stars. The kids discovered the great outdoors in a small ...