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Not far from Lake Osborne, you'll find Lake Law which is a beautiful lake, and beautiful scenery and fine skiing is what you obtain at Villa Olivia. Summertime brings highs in the 80's to Lake Osborne, and the nighttime is rather cooler of course, typically in the 60's. The winter brings highs down to the 20's, and overnight lows in the 10's for Lake Osborne. Lake Osborne is a good place of typical rain; of all the months in a year June is the one with the
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| | most rain while February is the month with the least amount of precipitation. If you need a location to stay Hilton Garden Inn Naperville/Warrenville is a brilliant choice.
This lake is so wonderful. You'll need more than a day to look at everything Lake Osborne has to offer, you can camp at Empress Rv Resort, and get soaked paddling on Fox River. This lake is so wonderful. SpringHill Suites Chicago Naperville/Warrenville is a brilliant place to get some | |
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rest, and if you're visiting from Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, you won't be the only one. Just can't get enough of Lake Osborne. Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor is a great national park, and since you might be in
a lake visiting mood you can always take a look at close by Quarry Lake.
A forest close to Lake Osborne is Heritage Woods; if you're a golfer then a perfect nearby course is Cresscreek Country Club. There's always Fawell Dam to
check out in the neighborhood of Lake Osborne, and get yourself into a kayak and hit Des Plaines. There's so much to do here at Lake Osborne that you need to camp here for a while, Martin Campground-joliet is a magnificent place for that, and hey, Gotta ski right? Four Lakes is a great location to do that.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 41.7625
Longitude: -88.1775
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Four Lakes, Illinois, 7 miles away
100 vertical feet |
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Fox River, DuPage/Kane CountyCounty, 10 miles away
Class I-II(IV) - 0.05 miles long (Batavia Dam) |
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Des Plaines, Will CountyCounty, 11 miles away
Class I-II - 4 miles long (Fishnet Rapids) |
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Lake Law, DuPage CountyCounty, 5 miles away |
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Four Lakes
| Local ski hill, lots of fun in the winter.... |
Fox River
| 10 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.... |
Villa Olivia
| 10 miles away
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.... |
Des Plaines
| 10 miles away
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To inspect for log jams beneath the gravel pit access bridge directly east of Romeoville High School, you are allowed to drive up to, but not ACROSS the bridge, according to a security gaurd at the gravel pit. To check for log jams, I'd park BEFORE the bridge, and get out and walk across the bridge, looking over the railing. Also, there's a spot where you can walk up to the river edge. Facing east, it will be on your right, before the bridge. I'm uploading a photo dated April 12, 2002. It's a view of that bridge, taken from the water, looking southwest.... |
Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
 | 13 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.... |
Busse Lake
| 17 miles away
Not quite warm enough for good fishing.... |
Raging Buffalo Snowboard Park (Snowboarding only - no skiing)
| 23 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.... |
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2 miles away
