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Comfort Inn Hoffman Estates is located near Woodfield Mall, Sears World headquarters, ATT, Willow Creek Community Church, Sears Centre Arena, Cabelas and Arlington Park Racetrack. The hotel features c...
Now offering FREE High-Speed Internet Access in ALL rooms. Located northwest of downtown Chicago, the La Quinta Inn Chicago Hoffman Estates is convenient to most area attractions, including Pratt Way...
Villa Olivia
 | Villa Olivia is a great place to bring your family specially of you have small kids. It's like a big snow playground. The slope is not very impressive but it's ok for a quick little mini ski trip.... |
Busse Lake
 | Not quite warm enough for good fishing.... |
Raging Buffalo Snowboard Park (Snowboarding only - no skiing)
| 13 miles away Raging Buffalo Snowboard Park allows skiers now, they used to be snowboarding only but they've changed. Snowboarders and skiers now coexist in peace and harmony on this hill.... |
Four Lakes
| 14 miles away Local ski hill, lots of fun in the winter.... |
Lake Defiance Nature Trail
 | 14 miles away The Red and Yellow trails are good too, but the Blue is such a delight that the thought of it gets me off the couch. The prairie! Luscious theme park sized soil undulations caused by the glacier! Interesting gravel. You sense the deer watching you. About an hour around if you are walking for fitness. Avoid only when icy. Plenty of parking.... |
Fox River
 | 15 miles away While there is limited whitewater, the Fox River has many put ins and take outs from just south of Elgin all the way to just north of the confluence of the Fox and the Illinois River. There are miles of quiet country scenery on the section of the river from Yorkville south (about 15 miles) There is an outfitter at the dam in Yorkville (Freeman's Sports)who rents canoes by the day and will provide shuttle service. There are sandstone cliffs near Sheridan. There are campgrounds along the river south of Yorkville for those who want to spend more than one day on the river. Be sure to be aware of where the dams are, they are dangerous. There are no dams south of Yorkville except the Dayton Dam which is a hydroelectric dam that prevents passage beyond Wedron.... |
Dunns Lake
| 19 miles away This is the best place to be on the chain!... |
Crooked Lake
| 19 miles away Fish? The only things that are in this lake are dirt, duck waste and maybe a tire :P About the most disgusting body of water I ever saw in my life....What fish are in the lake?...Located in the Lakes region of Northern Illnois, Crooked Lake is truely one of the hidden gems of Lake County. A 130 acre lake perfect for water skiing, fishing and simply enjoying a day on the water. This lake is exclusively enjoyed by the 3 surrounding homeowner communites of Sedgewood Cove, the West Shores and Munn Rd as there are no public launch facilities.... |
Wilmot mountain
| 23 miles away I love wilmot, i go there almost every day in hte winter. Last season, i even went on christmas day. It was great.... |
Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
 | 24 miles away The Governor’s office recently announced that the State of Illinois will be closing the I&M and Hennepin Canal State Parks. While it’s unclear whether the State will put ''trail closed'' signs up, there is no apparent money to maintain them and fallen trees, washouts, and other issues will undoubtedly happen. Please help keep this trail open. Express your opinion to the governor’s office. 217-782-0244, 312-814-2121, or www.illinois.gov/helpdesk/contact.cfm and click on the ''Governor’s on Line Contact Form'' ...Illini State Park Campground prices are $10 site plus $10 for Elect.or $20.00 a night for elect. Primative sites are $10 per nite. Holiday rates for 2008 are $30 for a elect. site. And youth group area is $2 per person, min.$20 per night Starved Rock is $25 per nite and $35 on holiday week ends Fri-Mon. Illini campground is permanently closing on Nov. 1,2008 Gov.Blagojevic is closing many nice parks. in region 1, 2, &3 but none in his area.... |
