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 Metea Valley High School.

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.

Metea Valley High School

School

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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 Eola and Warrenville.

Eola

Hamlet

Eola is an unincorporated community in Naperville Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Although unincorporated, it has a post office, and has been given the zip code 60519.

Warrenville

Town

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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.

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
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Latitude

41.814° or 41° 48′ 50″ north

Longitude

-88.24017° or 88° 14′ 25″ west

Elevation

748 feet (228 metres)

Operator

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Open location code

86HHRQ75+HW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1311154195

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

GeoNames ID

4884921

Wikidata ID

Q34830017

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In Other Languages

“Big Woods County Forest Preserve” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Big Woods County Forest Preserve”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include S. A. Rios Soccer Complex and Big Woods Church.

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