Local Level Parks
A variety of county and town protected areas exist in Illinois, including city park districts and county-wide Forest Preserve Districts. One of the largest systems is the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, which includes Brookfield Zoo and the Chicago Botanic Garden as well as 67,000 acres (270 km2) of open land, or 11 percent of Cook County’s land area.
- Boone County Conservation District
- Byron Forest Preserve District - 900 acres (3.6 km2)
- Champaign County Forest Preserve District - 3,800 acres (15 km2)
- Forest Preserve District of Cook County - 67,000 acres (270 km2)
- DeKalb County Forest Preserve - 1,020 acres (4.1 km2)
- Forest Preserve District of DuPage County - 24,000 acres (97 km2)
- Forest Preserve District of Kane County - 17,135 acres (69.34 km2)
- Forest Preserves of the Kankakee River Valley - 250 acres (1.0 km2)
- Kendall County Forest Preserve District - 2,150 acres (8.7 km2)
- Lake County Forest Preserve - 26,200 acres (106 km2)
- Macon County Conservation District - 3,200 acres (13 km2)
- McHenry County Conservation District - 20,000 acres (81 km2)
- Putnam Country Conservation District - 950-acre (3.8 km2)
- Rock Island Forest Preserve District - 1,900 acres (7.7 km2)
- Vermilion County Conservation District - 6,000 acres (24 km2)
- Forest Preserve District of Will County - 21,916 acres (88.69 km2)
- Winnebago County Forest Preserve District - 9,000 acres (36 km2)
Read more about this topic: List Of Protected Areas Of Illinois
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