Aurora West Forest Preserve
USA /
Illinois /
Sugar Grove /
World
/ USA
/ Illinois
/ Sugar Grove
World / United States / Illinois
park, nature conservation park / area
715 acres in Sugar Grove Township acquired in 1977. Features include a dog park with hiking or biking on the mowed paths. A one hundred foot Commonwealth Edison R.O.W. with tall steel poles runs along the entire east boundary; to the north lie several low wet fields and then the expressway; on the west is more farm land, the Lake Run waterway draining Nelson Lake, and then the south branching expressway; on the south, beyond Hankes Road, lie a mixture of woodlands, fields and scattered residences. Aurora West is located between Galena Boulevard and Rt. 56 on Hankes Road in Aurora. Part of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County.
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Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°46'55"N 88°24'11"W
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