Hidden gems: Lakes in Palos Hills

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Palos Hills. This list contains 8 places from Lake category.

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Saganashkee Slough
Lake
👍👍 My favorite trail in the area love the part between the slough and the canal!
4.80 (32 reviews) (~6.18 km from centre)
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Tampier Slough
Lake
4.80 (5 reviews) (~8.78 km from centre)
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Maple Lake
Lake
👍👍 Awesome place to fish with your kids! Almost every nice day you have a guaranteed bite! There are big bass, pike, bluegill, sunfish, etc! If you are a fisherman, come check it out! Overall this place is amazing!
4.70 (96 reviews) (~6.4 km from centre)
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Bullfrog Lake
Lake
👍👍 Spent a few day tenting for the first time and must say I enjoyed myself very much. Place was very quiet clean and staff was very friendly from check-in to check-out.
4.70 (51 reviews) (~7.11 km from centre)
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Horsetail Lake
Lake
4.70 (14 reviews) (~5.47 km from centre)
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Tampier Lake
Lake
👍👍 This lake is stocked each year with young Walleye that come from a garage based fish hatchery the local forest preserve employee run. Just saw a short on “Chicago Tonight”. The forest preserve employees do a great job in helping to keep our lakes stocked with fish - Thank you for your hardwork so ev...
4.60 (95 reviews) (~8.79 km from centre)
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Tomahawk Slough
Lake
4.60 (8 reviews) (~7 km from centre)
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Turtlehead Lake
Lake
👍 This lake is located one block South of 135th on harlem. Right when you pass 135th southbound its literally the first right hand turn. The parking lot is really big it has plenty of benches and gazebos that you can bbq at. However some of the bunches had a lot of bird poop on them so I would recomm...
4.50 (31 reviews) (~6.14 km from centre)
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