Skip to content

Windings to Unwind

Connecting Midwesterners to a world full of road-trips, hikes, nature and adventure

Categories

  • Hikes and Trails Around Naperville (20)
  • Hiking Around Chicago and Suburbs (17)
  • Long Road Trips (15)
  • Chicago Weekend Getaways (14)
  • Adventure Road Trips (10)

Tags

  • Summer Picnic (18)
  • Hiking Around Chicago and Suburbs (17)
  • Scenic Hikes (17)
  • Biking Near Chicago (13)
  • Camping (10)

Year

  • 2023 (184)
  • 2022 (456)
  • 2021 (46)
  • 2020 (219)
  • 2019 (145)

Categories

  • Adventure Road Trips
  • Best Biking Trails Around Chicago
  • Boys Road Trips – No-Regrets
  • Chicago Day Trips
  • Chicago Weekend Getaways
  • Cook County Forest Preserves
  • DuPage County Forest Preserves
  • Dupage River Trail
  • Fall Color Road Trips
  • Hikes and Trails Around Naperville
  • Hiking Around Chicago and Suburbs
  • How-to Guides
  • Illinois State Parks
  • Kane County Forest Preserves
  • Long Road Trips
  • National Parks
  • Spring Break Trips
  • Summer Road Trips
  • Trips with Young Kids
  • Uncategorized
  • Will County Forest Preserves
  • Winter Road Trips
Tweets by windings2unwind

Check out our Reddit posts

Tags

Activities for Young Kids ATV Ride Beaches Biking Near Chicago Biking Road Trips Bird Watching Boating Camping Christmas-Trip Cliff Jumping Fall Fall Color Hikes Fall Color Road Trips Fall Colors Fall Foliage Family Road Trips Fishing guys trip Hiking Around Chicago and Suburbs Historical Town Kayaking Kayak Rentals Kids Nature Center Local Boating Local Boat Rentals Local Camping Local Rookery Local Scenic Hikes Local Scenic Lakes Local Scenic Overlooks Local Waterfalls Long Road Trips Luging Mountain Biking National Park Ohio Pontoon Boating Pontoon Rentals River Tubing Road-Trip Roadtrip Rock Climbing Scenic Bridges Scenic Hikes Scenic Overlook Scenic Roads Scenic Train Scenic Watch Tower Sculpture Park Sledding Around Naperville Snow Storm Snow Tubing Spring Hikes Summer Picnic Swimming Hole Touristy Downtown Travel Underground Caverns Waterfalls Weekend Getaways White water rafting Winter Trip Year End Trip Summaries Ziplining

Recent Posts

  • 11 Summer Road Trip Ideas from Chicago With Detailed Itineraries
  • Hiking Amidst Virginia Bluebells At O’Hara Woods Preserve
  • Hiking And Birding at Highland Rookery And Little Calumet River Trail, Indiana
  • Biking and Kayaking at Whalon Lake, Bolingbrook
  • Hiking at Lake Patterson in Oakhurst Forest Preserve, Aurora
  • Winter Luging Road Trip From Chicago To Saugatuck and Muskegon, MI
  • Best campsites Near Chicago And How To Reserve Them?
  • Summer Camping at Bullfrog Lake
  • Road Trip from Chicago to The Great Smoky Mountains
  • Road Trip from Chicago to Chattanooga

Category: Will County Forest Preserves

Hiking Amidst Virginia Bluebells At O’Hara Woods Preserve
Hikes and Trails Around Naperville, Will County Forest Preserves

Hiking Amidst Virginia Bluebells At O’Hara Woods Preserve

Every spring, O’Hara Woods Preserve creates a fairy tale magic with a sea of Virginia Bluebells and attracts, thousands of hikers across the Chicago area. Continue reading Hiking Amidst Virginia Bluebells At O’Hara Woods Preserve

Biking and Kayaking at Whalon Lake, Bolingbrook
Best Biking Trails Around Chicago, Dupage River Trail, Hikes and Trails Around Naperville, Hiking Around Chicago and Suburbs, Will County Forest Preserves

Biking and Kayaking at Whalon Lake, Bolingbrook

A quaint lake providing perfect Kayaking ops for the young First Time Kayakers and a gentle 2-mile loop trail around the lake for hikers. DuPage River Trail access for biking enthusiasts is the added bonus. Continue reading Biking and Kayaking at Whalon Lake, Bolingbrook

Hiking and Biking at Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve, Beecher
Hiking Around Chicago and Suburbs, Will County Forest Preserves

Hiking and Biking at Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve, Beecher

A post-fall season hike to Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve and Plum Creek Nature Center. Continue reading Hiking and Biking at Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve, Beecher

Hiking at McKinley Woods And Biking At I&M Canal Trail, Channahon
Best Biking Trails Around Chicago, Hikes and Trails Around Naperville, Hiking Around Chicago and Suburbs, Will County Forest Preserves

Hiking at McKinley Woods And Biking At I&M Canal Trail, Channahon

A weekend hike to the McKinley Woods. Continue reading Hiking at McKinley Woods And Biking At I&M Canal Trail, Channahon

Hiking And Biking at Lake Renwick Preserve, Plainfield
Hikes and Trails Around Naperville, Will County Forest Preserves

Hiking And Biking at Lake Renwick Preserve, Plainfield

Why Renwick? For the Great Blue Heron sighting, picnicking, boating, biking and kayaking ops. Continue reading Hiking And Biking at Lake Renwick Preserve, Plainfield

Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Follow Following
    • Windings to Unwind
    • Join 39 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Windings to Unwind
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar