Find your thrill: Check out our list of sledding spots in the suburbs
Cold, snowy days don't have to mean staying indoors. There are plenty of good sledding and tubing spots throughout the suburbs. Check out our list, grab your sled ... and be sure to bundle up.
Caboose Park
27908 Fairfield Road, Lake Villa Township
Hill available for sledding and has one of the area's few toboggan chutes
Lighted from 5:30-10 p.m.
Century Park
1001 Lakeview Parkway,Vernon Hills
Bears running back Matt Forte used it for training
Lighted, open until 9 p.m.
Cross-country skiing and ice skating available
Deer Grove Forest Preserve
Palatine
Two hills for sledding
Biggest hill allows for enough speed to stop just before a lake
Preserve is well-known for its large deer population
Call (847) 437-8330 for sledding hill status.
Open 10 a.m. to sunset when conditions allow
Fabyan Forest Preserve
Geneva
Open when there's a minimum of 4 inches of snow.
Enter off Route 25 or Route 31, north of Fabyan Parkway
Check out the historic windmills and Fox River nearby.
Open until 9 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and holidays.
Johnson's Mound
41W600 Hughes Road, near Elburn
Highest point for several surrounding miles; great view
Hill rises up 200 feet
One of the first three forest preserves in Kane County
Open every day from sunrise to sunset
Lakewood Forest Preserve
Fairfield and Ivanhoe roads, Wauconda
Lights for evening sledding
Steep hill allows for good speed, but plenty of flat area at the bottom to slow down
Restrooms atop the hill
Also offers trails for hiking, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling
Meineke Recreation Center
220 E. Weathersfield Way, Schaumburg
Next to the recreation center
North Salk Park
3160 Owl Drive, Rolling Meadows
Hill has steps to make climbing back up easier
Hill is lighted in the evenings
Flag system lets you know when it is safe to sled
Open 6 a.m. to dusk
Old School Forest Preserve
28285 St. Mary's Road, Mettawa
Open 6:30 a.m. to sunset
Path for cross-country skiing
Public restrooms
Des Plaines River Trail winds through the preserve
Randall Oaks Park
1180 N. Randall Road, West Dundee
Snowboards welcome
Open sunrise to sunset
Riverwalk Sled Hill
Rotary Hill, Naperville
Wooden and metal-runner sleds not permitted
Lighted and open until 10 p.m. daily
Veteran Acres
Crystal Lake
Lighted in the evening
Wing Park
1010 Wing St., Elgin
Open sunrise to sunset
Paved path for hiking
Public restrooms
Woodland Trails Sled Hill
North of Euclid Avenue on Wolf Road, Mount Prospect
Located on east side of Woodland Trails Park
Unsupervised; skis and snowboards not permitted
Additional parking allowed at Grace Lutheran Church