West Ridge Nature Preserve Children’s Play Space

The West Ridge Nature Preserve unveiled their new children’s play space.

Festivities included live music, fun with dirt and sticks, as well as roasting marshmallows in a fire pit.

When visiting you can watch the ducks, geese, seagulls and other waterfowl cavort in the pond, look for owls in the trees and hawks circling in the sky overhead.

Walk quietly and you will very likely spot a few deer hiding in the trees and shrubs.

Depending on the time of day and time of year you can hear frogs croaking and all manner of birds.

The new children’s play space has several kid-sized tables and tree stump chairs ideal for doing crafts or inspecting small stones or bugs found nearby. There’s a Native American inspired twig shelter and plenty of logs and large rocks to climb on.

This new nature area at Ardmore and Western is one of Chicago’s small treasures and a perfect place for the whole family to take a leisurely stroll.

The path is paved and therefore handicapped accessible but please walk your bike or park it at the entrance.

If you want to gather your friends to see this on the “big screen” in the comfort of their family room, the West Ridge Nature Preserve video will be broadcast in August 2019 on Chicago cable TV Channel 19 CANTV.

Note: Must be in the city limits and have Xfinity/Comcast, RCN, or WOW.

08/07 9:15 PM

08/08 4:15 PM

08/15 6:45 PM

08/16 1:45 PM