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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.

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Skokie Sculpture Park

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

Skokie, IL Arts

Emily Oaks Nature Center

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.

Skokie, IL Nature Preserves



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

Things to do near Skokie, IL

Glenwoodie Golf Club

Course Access: PublicHoles: 18Reserve Advance Tee Times: 7 days...

Ernest Hemingway Birthplace

Visit the victorian home where Nobel Prize-winning author, Ernest Hemingway, was born in 1899 and learn about his early famil...

Chicago Heights Park District Golf Course

Course Access: PublicHoles: 9Reserve Advance Tee Times: Yes...

The Childrens Museum in Oak Lawn

The Children's Museum has 9 interactive exhibits for all ages 2-10. Puppet theater, market, anda water table, children can cr...

Seascape Family Aquatic Center

Open in the summer months, the water park offers a zero-depth pool, water play areas, a water flume, tube and drop slides and...