Hidden gems: Things to dos in Palos Hills

Discover the city's hidden treasuresβ€”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 85 places from Things to do category.

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Chicago Ridge Park District
Park
5.00 (9 reviews) (~3.43 km from centre)
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Jumpity Hoppity Bouncers
Party equipment rental service
5.00 (8 reviews) (~9.89 km from centre)
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Pleasure Lake Park
Park
πŸ‘πŸ‘ Really enjoyed my recent visit. The park was very well maintained and clean. They have benches in all over the park. And a perfect place to click some greenish pictures.
5.00 (7 reviews) (~0.17 km from centre)
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Saganashkee Slough Boatlaunch
Park
5.00 (7 reviews) (~7.34 km from centre)
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Palos Fen Nature Preserve
Park
πŸ‘πŸ‘ Great diversity of wetland and woodland plants. Very overgrown this time of year. If you are lucky and if you visit at the right time you may stumble upon white lady slippers or queen of the Prairie
5.00 (6 reviews) (~2.09 km from centre)
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9-11 Memorial
Memorial park
πŸ‘πŸ‘ Google has this marked as "Temporarily Closed" but that is incorrect. It's an outdoor area by the Metra Train Station. Not surprised Google would do this as they currently have the Children's Museum in Oak Lawn completely unlisted from their site, even though they've been in existence since 2003....
5.00 (5 reviews) (~6.19 km from centre)
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Pulaski Woods South
Park
πŸ‘πŸ‘ As always I and my puppy love to walk the trails here every chance we get. Many trail options for length, difficulty and varied scenes- wooded paths, lakes, bogs, hills and even an old area used by U of Chicago for a nuclear lab back in the 30s-40s. Good trails for strolling, hiking,, running and...
4.90 (8 reviews) (~6.56 km from centre)
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Veterans Park
Park
4.90 (7 reviews) (~9.7 km from centre)
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Maple Lake
Nature preserve
πŸ‘πŸ‘ Maple view lake has a phenomenal view of the water! Their parking lot isn't huge it holds maybe 20 cars but I never really had a problem parking here. They have a very nice hiking trail and plenty of places to cast your line and fish. With this review I left a picture of what fish are in this lak...
4.80 (134 reviews) (~6.64 km from centre)
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McClaughry Springs Woods
Nature preserve
πŸ‘πŸ‘ Very unique environment,for birds, damsel flies, flowers,plants,trees. Trails are great, Creek is so serene when it's low and so exciting when it's high.really worth aπŸ‘οΈπŸ‘οΈπŸŒˆπŸŒ…πŸŒˆπŸŒ„πŸŒˆπŸžοΈπŸ¦…πŸ¦†πŸ¦‰πŸŒƒπŸŒˆπŸ•ŠοΈπŸŒˆ
4.80 (122 reviews) (~3.15 km from centre)
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Country Lane Woods
Picnic ground
πŸ‘πŸ‘ Beautiful, clean and well groomed trail shared with bikes, pets, horses and people. Plenty of parking. One portable toilet in the parking lot but no other facilities. Lots of trail options to choose from from short to long and from hilly to flat. No bugs this early in the spring.
4.80 (57 reviews) (~4.76 km from centre)
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Palos Park Woods-South
Park
πŸ‘πŸ‘ Really awesome place to relax and get away from it all.
4.80 (39 reviews) (~2.96 km from centre)
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Saganashkee Slough
Lake
πŸ‘πŸ‘ My favorite trail in the area love the part between the slough and the canal!
4.80 (35 reviews) (~6.18 km from centre)
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Stonehouse
Historical landmark
πŸ‘πŸ‘ Like others below me have said, it's a great spot that was hidden until the further development of the mnt bike trails. I've been coming here for 23 years now & we all called it THE HUT...I still call it the HUT. PLEASE keep this place clean,& try not to set the roof on fire...which is what unfortun...
4.80 (29 reviews) (~6.25 km from centre)
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Shubert Park
Park
4.80 (21 reviews) (~5.37 km from centre)
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Orland Park Nature Center
Park
πŸ‘πŸ‘ Great nature view for wildlife.
4.80 (18 reviews) (~7.17 km from centre)
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Kubicki Park
Park
πŸ‘ Playground itself is wonderful. Great slides and climbing wall for older kids. Lots of swings and toddler play section for toddlers. Bathrooms as well and they were open albeit smelly and without toilet paper. Just wish there had been one other child there at 10:30. It was kind of eerie seeing no on...
4.80 (13 reviews) (~8.94 km from centre)
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Lil Donn Football Palos HEIGHTS
Park
πŸ‘πŸ‘ I don't know who lily donn is but it's palos stars field
4.80 (12 reviews) (~1.61 km from centre)
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Elizabeth A. Conkey Forest-South
Park
πŸ‘πŸ‘ How beautiful this place is cared for
4.80 (9 reviews) (~7 km from centre)
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Wedgewood Estates Park
City park
4.80 (8 reviews) (~7.52 km from centre)
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