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Emily Oaks Nature Center is a 13-acre nature preserve located in the heart of Skokie. This unique site is restoring the remnants of an oak savannah with walking trails, a pond and nature center.

This natural oasis is full of native wildflowers, grasses, oak trees, three-acre pond and trails. Some of the plants and animals that frequent the pond and the savanna include Great Blue Herons, Coyotes, Flying Squirrels, Northern Water Snakes, and Red Foxes.

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Exploritorium

Rated as the "Best Rainy Day Activity Site" by Chicago Magazine in 2002

Skokie, IL Amusement Parks

Holocaust Memorial Foundation

The Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois provides year-round educational outreach to defend and preserve the value and dignity of human life through remembrance of the events surrounding the Nazi Holocaust of the Jews from 1933 to 1945

Skokie, IL Museums

Skokie Sculpture Park

Two miles of beautiful park land combining recreation, jogging and biking paths alongside over 60

Skokie, IL Arts


The Skokie Heritage Museum

A recently completed restoration of Skokie's first public building has yielded a gallery of Skokie's past. Explore Skokie's heritage when visiting the Historic Engine House and orginal Log Cabin, built in 1847

Skokie, IL Museums

Things to do near Skokie, IL

Metropolis Performing Arts Center

Metropolis Performing Arts Center strives to be a focal point for all forms of live entertainment in the Chicago area, includ...

Oak Hills Country Club

Course Access: Semi-PrivateHoles: 9Reserve Advance Tee Times: 7 days...

Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple

Unity Temple is the last surviving major public building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie School period. It is considered one ...

Scoville Square

Scoville Square was designed by E.E. Robers and is one of the few examples of Prairie style architecture applied to commercia...

France Willard House Museum

Willard was a 19th Century author and speaker who rallied support for women's reform movements. The House provides a glimpse ...