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I viewed landscape from the top of this hill created by glacial kame two summers ago when I believed I would leave Illinois permanently. The picture taken then is in the comment below. I didn't have the time to go down the hill, cross the bridge and explore the land filled with yellow wildflowers.
I visited the park again this fall and got to hike the trails down the hill.

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Wildflowers are gone and most coloured leaves have fallen. Winter is near. Hours of sunlight is short. Sunset is around 4:30. It is amazing how much the landscape has changed compared to the picture of a different lake in the same region in the comment below taken two months before.

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The 3,558-acre Ned Brown Preserve—popularly known as Busse Woods—is one of the largest and most diverse locations in the Forest Preserves. The site includes ancient upland forests, one of the largest fishing and boating waters in Cook County, nearly 13 miles of paved trail, an elk pasture and much more—making it one of the best-used natural areas in Illinois.

When you see greater Chicago area on Google Map, the first thing that catches your eyes might be a huge green area just about 10 miles northwest of O'Hare International Airport. That's Busse Woods. I had long had a curiosity to go to this huge woods in the middle of the big city.

The longest trail in this preserve is a 7.3 mile loop trail, which runs through huge forest, along a high-traffic road, and by a lake. Because of the scale of the park, you might feel stray in deep forest and never be able to get out. However, on this fine autumn weekend day, the trail was so lively with many local people enjoying walks, runs, and bike rides. I didn't have a feeling that I was in the middle of a huge forest. I even had difficulty taking a picture of the trail without any soul in it.

(The first paragraph is cited from Cook County official site).

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