Wright Woods (Mettawa, Illinois) | park, forest, nature conservation park / area

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Captain Daniel Wright Woods Forest Preserve.

Wright Woods was named for one of Lake County’s first settlers, Captain Daniel Wright. In the early 1960s, these acres were some of the first acquired by the Lake County Forest Preserves.

In 2004, the 168-acre Lloyd's Woods addition to Wright Woods near Mettawa expanded the preserve to its current 612 acres. The main 6,600-square-foot home on that property was built in 1936, and was one of the first designs by Nat Owings of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) of Chicago, the prominent architectural firm that crafted the Sears Tower, John Hancock Building and many other well-known structures throughout the world.

A foot bridge connects Half Day Woods Forest Preserve with Captain Daniel Wright Forest Preserve.
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