Hidden gems: Things to dos 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 25 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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Pleasure Lake Park
Park
👍👍 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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Palos Fen Nature Preserve
Park
👍👍 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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McClaughry Springs Woods
Nature preserve
👍👍 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 a👁️👁️🌈🌅🌈🌄🌈🏞️🦅🦆🦉🌃🌈🕊️🌈
4.80 (122 reviews) (~3.15 km from centre)
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Country Lane Woods
Picnic ground
👍👍 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
👍👍 Really awesome place to relax and get away from it all.
4.80 (39 reviews) (~2.96 km from centre)
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Lil Donn Football Palos HEIGHTS
Park
👍👍 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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McClaughry Springs Woods Parking Lot
Nature preserve
👍👍 Parking lot that connects to the trails. We were able to park here easily on a Sunday morning and walk the woods. There is a series of trails to explore nearby. Looks like a decent spot to have a picnic too near the parking lot there is some open grass areas.
4.80 (6 reviews) (~3.17 km from centre)
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Crooked Creek Woods
Park
4.70 (99 reviews) (~3.18 km from centre)
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Forty Acres Woods
Nature preserve
👍👍 Beautiful Sunday morning hikes with my sons. Easy access to a wide variety of well maintained trails. Palos Forest Preserves is the best reason to live in the southwest burbs.
4.70 (78 reviews) (~3.9 km from centre)
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Harry 'Bus' Yourell Off Stream Aeration Pool
Park
4.70 (54 reviews) (~2.74 km from centre)
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Lucas Berg Nature Preserve.
Nature preserve
👍👍 Fishing here is illegal
4.70 (13 reviews) (~1.39 km from centre)
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Morrill Meadow
Nature preserve
👍👍 Great open field to fly your plane. Really smooth runway and a lot of really nice guys are always there to help you if needed and always fun to talk to.
4.60 (108 reviews) (~3.41 km from centre)
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Homerding Park
Park
👍👍 Park has two soccer fields. One is big , one is small. There is a small playground for ages 5-12. Parking lot private. They close at 8pm. You can still stay in park but not in parking lot. At least i have been told . Maybe winter ,summer times are different. Honestly i could not see any information...
4.60 (85 reviews) (~2.93 km from centre)
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Prairie View Park
Park
😐 I run here almost everyday and it's not so terrible as a local recreational neighborhood park. But honestly if they could add a sighn by the pond with the names of the fish that are in the pond and let us fisherman know when your gonna put fish in there.
4.60 (66 reviews) (~4.47 km from centre)
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White Oak Woods
Park
👍👍 Cook County has the best woods in the U.S.
4.60 (36 reviews) (~3.3 km from centre)
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Bennett Park
Park
👍👍 Little gem! Hiking trail along the water. Beautiful views.
4.60 (35 reviews) (~0.39 km from centre)
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Hidden Pond Woods-East
Park
👍👍 Place where you can go to get away from the buildings and the traffic and the people and the people that are out there are real nice and it's nice they're walking their dogs or whatever they're walking but it's nice nobody's unfriendly
4.60 (33 reviews) (~3.68 km from centre)
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Oconnell Tot Lot
Park
4.60 (9 reviews) (~2.34 km from centre)
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Tower Park
Park
4.60 (7 reviews) (~3.06 km from centre)
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