Mainly horse riding paths, only parking thats connected is at the Barrington Hills Riding Center. Dont expect clear pathways, mainly large wide grassy paths meant for horses.

No public vehicle access. You have to own an adjoining property or go on foot to the (barely marked) trailheads in order to enter. The message is clear: if youre not a rich local, youre not wanted here. Id love to leave a more full review of what the preserve has to offer its elite clientele but I couldnt even get inside the damn place.

Spring Lake (creek) cook county forest preserve may appear beautiful at first from a car window but it is basically enter at your own risk in most areas. Beverly Lake is labeled as secluded and due to this, there can be some scary people in the parking lot. The trails are rugged under the veil of conservation and someone who does not hike regularly in areas where roots and holes emerge, could get hurt.The only actual trail head is near the riding center, and that was fought for in the early 2000s after forest preserve officials were told they couldnt enter and realized it was on forest preserve land.Horizon Farms, which is practically adjacent and also one of the largest purchases of land for cook county forest preserve has been shut down for almost ten years since purchase. It sums up much.Go to Dupage and Lake County to enjoy their quality trails which have a number of activities and feel safe. After you see the differences, remember that Spring Lake and Horizon are Cook county forest preserves, NOT Barrington Hills forest preserves, monitor this nonsense and vote.

Trails look good, but the northern section is really hard to access. No place to park.

What a beautiful park

Surprisingly pretty. Trails are rustic. Wear boots, hiking or rain. Its muddy, but thats only a problem if you think it is.

An exceptionally pleasing place of serenity. To be honest, I would love to keep this sanctuary secret, but, Im not built that way. I learned to share at a very early age. This is the place where Generations can come sit, Explorer, distress, enjoy and love the environment.

I was on horseback at this site. Its wonderful. Nice trails.

Amazing place to go for a hike and fish

The view was nice and the place was very beautiful and relaxing!!

Amazing place! Quiet and peaceful!

We decided to revisit this place again after a few months but this time we brought our 5 month old black labrador retriever with us and he had a better time than us!!

One of the best forest preserves Ive been to in a while.when I went there was quite a few mosquitoes but what can you do.

Very beautiful area to hike. Lots of open fields, hills, streams. Amazing views

Great memory. And food

Nice quiet trails

The most barberry-infested nature preserve I have ever seen. I still think about the awfulness I saw there, like a bad dream. Deer caught in the thorns, barberry taller than me ... it literally was a solid understory.

Too much mosquitoes but good

Quiet and beautiful scenery

Very nice place to spend the day. Clean and tidy and mowed!!!

So pretty and kinda a hidden gem

Great place to go for a walk. Very pretty

Love the sunsets here

Not for bicyclists and hikers. Mostly for riders. Difficult to find parking.

Not many places to fish, lots of trees. And big drops to get to water.

This is a good place to spend your day

Nice place to walk and sight see. A lot of nice wildlife, however hard to get to

Zim is always there to help and delivers on time and with high quality.

Nice place

Great place

Penny Road Pond is a stopping area were the only horizon is forest preserve

Beautiful place to go horseback riding or hiking. Plenty of unpaved trails.

Beautiful place for relax and journey in the nature

Saw so many animal. This is a favorite of ours from now on

Great , awesome and very educational.

What a great woodland Park!

Rugged but Peaceful

Lots of space to get out and stretch your legs on unpaved trails.

An ok place to stretch your legs. No real walking path, unfortunately.

Great place to hike and explore.

Beautiful place

Awesomeness not supposed to be here place

I love that hasnt been touched much

Pretty area

Okay hiking, but not fantastic. Wilderness-y with plenty of space, but lots of sun exposure.

Beautiful

Nice!

Nice

Nice

Nice place to visit

Very nice looking

Illinois wildlife

Great

Mushrooms

Nice place

Like

Great area to enjoy

Beautiful location

Photo opportunities are important to me

Great place to visit.