Why Blackwell?
Ideal picnic destination for South West Suburban residents – has several lakes, biking and hiking paths, fishing and boating facilities in the lake and finally, numerous picnic joints with charcoal grilling support. You could camp in there as well.

How to Plan your visit?

•  Choose your appetite – picnic or over night camping. We choose the former and did a picnic spiced with biking, hiking and boating.

• For bikers, depending upon your capacity, you can hit many sub-sections within the epic 60-mile Illinois Prairie Path which goes all the way up to Elgin from Aurora.

• Run through this indispensable emergency checklist.

Tip: There are multiple entrances and parking spots so better to choose the exact spot in GPS. So, would recommend using following Google Maps link:

Blackwell Boat Rentals Parking

•  Here’s the link for all activities in the area.

•  Trail map for the hikers

PHOTOLOG

Biking kick-off

Monarch butterfly greeted us on the pathway to Mt. Hoy

The sledding area looking down from Mt. Hoy.

Sight from the picnic area near Hawthorn Grove overlooking the lake harbor.

And a serene boating experience to cap it all.

That’s it.

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