Autumn at McDowell Grove Forest Preserve. Bicycle Ride

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McDowell Grove, Naperville, IL In the 1930s, McDowell Grove was a camp for the Civilian Conservation Corps — a work-relief program part of President Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation — which built bridges, picnic areas, a boathouse, bridle paths and a limestone dam on the West Branch of the DuPage River. During World War II, the site served as a secret installation for developing radar technology. Today, the 465-acre McDowell Grove Forest Preserve in Naperville is comprised of mature woodlands, open fields with eastern bluebirds and Cooper’s hawks, and a floodplain forest with towering butternuts and black maples.

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Location: McDowell Grove, Naperville, IL
Photo credit: © Plamen Stanev / Alamy / Afripics
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