Plum Creek Meadow — Attraction in Bloom Township

To be clear, I'm reviewing the Indiana side of the creek in Dyer, not the Illinois park. 15 years ago, I would've rated it 5 stars. But, now I grown up, thought itd be nice to take my kids for a hike (1 in a wheelchair). To my dismay, it's nothing but fallen trees, overgrowth, and lots of unavoidable mud. Its obvious the town has done NOTHING to keep it up. We got lost bc a trail we should've taken, no longer looked like one. We kept getting the wheelchair stuck in mud and tree roots. What used to be a cool hang out for kids (rope swing over the creek and all), a nice walk, or a place to ride your horse or dirt bikes, is now just like a jungle. I really hope the town cleans it up, it really...

The entire forest preserve philosophy is corrupted. Mushrooms grow in abundance, shed antlers, firewood, medicine, food and it is illegal for a tax paying citizen to harvest the renewable resources, yet the FP workers take whatever they...

Took my dogs for a walk here and it was really nice. No one was on the trails, although it was a rainy day. There were 6 random people in the parking lot that were just sitting in their cars, so that was kind of weird. But the park seemed...