Big Woods County Forest Preserve
Big Woods County Forest Preserve is a nature reserve in DuPage County, Illinois. Big Woods County Forest Preserve is situated nearby to the neighborhood Warrenhurst, as well as near the hamlet Eola.Places of Interest
Highlights include Big Woods School and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Big Woods School
Residential building
Photo: Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Big Woods School is a historic one-room schoolhouse located at 3033 N. Eola Road in Aurora, Illinois. The school was built in 1917–18 to replace the original Big Woods School, which was built in the mid-19th century and had fallen into disrepair.
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Research institute
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is a national laboratory for high-energy particle physics, located in Batavia, Illinois, United States, near Chicago.
Metea Valley High School
School
Photo: Koalafied1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Metea Valley High School is a high school in Aurora, Illinois that opened in August 2009 in DuPage County. The school is one of four high schools operated by the Indian Prairie School District. Waubonsie Valley High School is also in Aurora, while Neuqua Valley High School and Wheatland Academy are in Naperville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Warrenville and Batavia.
Warrenville
Town
Warrenville is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 15,195 at the 2024 special census. Warrenville is a far west suburb of Chicago on the DuPage River.
Batavia
Photo: G LeTourneau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Batavia is a city mainly in Kane County and partly in DuPage County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located in the Chicago metropolitan area, it was founded in 1833 and is the oldest city in Kane County.
North Aurora
Town
North Aurora is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Aurora. Per the 2020 census, the population was 18,261. North Aurora maintains its own public library district, fire district, and police department, but public spaces and parks are managed by the neighboring Fox Valley Park District.
Big Woods County Forest Preserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: park in the United States of America
- Categories: park and recreation area
- Location: DuPage County, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.814° or 41° 48′ 50″ northLongitude
-88.24017° or 88° 14′ 25″ westElevation
748 feet (228 metres)Open location code
86HHRQ75+HWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1311154195OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveGeoNames ID
4884921Wikidata ID
Q34830017
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In Other Languages
“Big Woods County Forest Preserve” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Big Woods County Forest Preserve”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Warrenhurst and Eola.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include S. A. Rios Soccer Complex and Big Woods Church.
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