AUGUST Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 First Friday Concert - Cycling Without Age: Cassandra Vohs-Demman Hebron Trail, p. 13 and Friends, p. 8 Talk & Trek: Pleasant Valley, p. 12 Tree ID and Ecology, p. 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Seed Collection Orientation, Cycling Without Age: p. 18 Petersen Park, p. 13 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Living History Open House: Outdoor Discovery Lab: Yoga Under the Oaks, p. 15 Explore: Aquatic Cycling Without Age: Life & Times During WWII, p. 11 Rocking Out!, p. 16 Invertebrates, p. 17 Prairie Trail, p. 13 One Sweet Ride, p. 13 Easily Accessible Prairie Plants, p. 12 Hike with Mike, p. 12 Family Kayak Trip, p. 14 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Intro to Volunteering, p. 10 Discovery Days: Forest Bathing, p. 12 Camouflage, p. 17 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 North Branch North Branch 47 12 14 173 High Point High Point173 Nippersink Canoe Trail Winding Creek Winding Creek 31 O’Brien Rd. 12 V ande W. Solon Rd. rkar 173r r Rd. e 12 rn Pioneer Rd. o Pioneer Rd. H Landing n Landing i ev Queen Anne Rd. K 173 Estimated canoe travel times (subject to water level): Keystone Rd. Keystone Rd. Landing Landing Keystone Rd. Landing to Pioneer Rd. Landing .........2½–4 hours (6.7 miles) Pioneer Landing to Lyle C. Thomas Memorial Park ........2 hours (4.42 miles) Lyle C. Thomas Memorial Park to Nippersink Canoe Base ...2 hours (4.36 miles) 23 Keystone Road Landing/ Pioneer Road Landing/ Nippersink Check real-time water levels link on our website's canoe page MCCD.me/Paddle. 14 Canoe Base — These sites provide put-in/take-out points for paddlers coming down Nippersink Creek or continuing on to Site Facilities Keystone Road Pioneer Road Lyle C. Thomas Nippersink Raycraft Rd. Landing Landing Memorial Park Canoe Base 47 the Fox River or the Chain of Lakes. Bunker Hill Rd. 120 31 Parking • • • • Lyle C. Thomas Memorial Park & Landing —Owned by Restrooms • • • • the Village of Spring Grove, this site is managed by the Drinking Water • • • Conservation District and serves as an excellent put-in/take-out Fishing (License Required) • • • • location. 120 Brookdale Rd.Queen Anne Rd.120 Picnic Area • • • • 120 * CIAL NOTE T : Grills/*Fire Ring • • • •/ PE O RS k. P E e S A DL re D ng the c Launch Area • • • • Rd. are, cilities alo alley e aw a V ase b room f Park Ple o rest CherryMason Hill Rd. there are n Paddlers Note: Downed trees or river debris can occur at anytime along the entire route and we cannot 700750800850 900 950 1000 1050110115 1200 31 Boger Bog provide updated conditions. The Conservation District maintains and clears debris where the District Boger Bog Feet above Sea Level owns the land on both sides of the creek – i.e. from Keystone Landing to Pioneer Landing – not the Kishwaukee Headwaters 20 entire route. The District can not remove obstacles along private property. alley Rd. Cherry V 176 23 14 47 Ridgeeld T race 176 20 176 176 31 Ln. 14 Lake in the Hills Fen Lake in the Hills Fen 22 47 14 90 20 23 62 31