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Open daily, Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens is an easily accessible non-profit park committed to engaging the public with nature. With 85 acres of land, the park spans a number of diverse areas including woodlands, wetlands, prairies, and a 10-acre lake.

The park provides visitors with beautiful gardens, kayaks and canoe to rent in the warmer months, and a number of walking, jogging, and cycling trails. A menagerie of reptiles and animals can be found in the nature center, and the park also offers plenty of opportunities to see wild animals in their natural habitat.

Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens, 7402 Lake Katherine Dr., Palos Heights, Illinois 60463, Phone: 708-361-1873

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