Find the Fox

The Walk Tour Series Each walk begins at 9am on the 2nd Saturday of each month until the last tour in October. Tours are approximately 1.5 – 2.5 miles, and one hour plus in length. Walk #1 – Glacial Park Glacial Park is 3,400 acres of rolling prairie, delta kames, oak savanna bisected by the ... Read more

Algonquin to Fox River Shores Forest Preserve 3.5 miles This will be the first in a series of trips on the Fox River. Friends of the Fox River will conduct a series of canoe, kayaking on the Fox River, and a series of walking trips throughout the Fox Valley. These trips will explore the river ... Read more

Algonquin to Fox River Shores Forest Preserve 3.5 miles This will be the first in a series of trips on the Fox River. Friends of the Fox River will conduct a series of canoe, kayaking on the Fox River, and a series of walking trips throughout the Fox Valley. These trips will explore the river ... Read more

River Trip #2 Carpentersville Dam to Voyageur’s Landing – 3.85 miles This trip begins just downstream of the Carpentersville Dam. You’ll paddle through the pleasant urban corridor of Carpentersville and East and West Dundee. For the last mile or so of the trip the river broadens out as it begins to pool above the next ... Read more

River Trip #3 Jon Duerr Woods to Ferson Creek Park – 4.45 miles We’ll begin our trip at the Jon Duerr Woods Canoe Launch at a geologically interesting place on the river. We’ll paddle past the “Five Islands”, around the largest and sharpest big bend in the river.  Then it’s an easy paddle to the ... Read more

River Trip #4 Mount St. Mary’s Park, St. Charles to Laurelwood Park Boat Launch, Batavia – 3.9 miles We’ll begin at the Mount St. Mary’s Park boat ramp in Saint Charles. This trip is largely through the two wooded corridors between the towns of St. Charles and Geneva, and between Geneva and Batavia. This trip ... Read more

River Trip #4 Mount St. Mary’s Park, St. Charles to Laurelwood Park Boat Launch, Batavia – 3.9 miles We’ll begin at the Mount St. Mary’s Park boat ramp in Saint Charles. This trip is largely through the two wooded corridors between the towns of St. Charles and Geneva, and between Geneva and Batavia. This trip ... Read more