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Directions to the Nature Center from east or west:
Locally...
- Take Irving Park Road
(Illinois State Route 19) into downtown Itasca.
Opposite the Metra train station, turn south on either Maple Avenue or Walnut Street and follow it for one block.
Turn west (right) on Grove Street and travel 2-3 blocks until you arrive at our main entrance where the road turns to become Forest Avenue.
From I-290 Westbound (from Chicago)...
- Follow signs to I-355 South Tollway, Exit 7 to Joliet.
- Exit the highway at U.S. 20 - Lake Street (in Addison).
- Turn east (left) and go .2 mile to the traffic light at Rohlwing Road.
- Turn north (left) and go .5 mile to Bloomingdale Road.
- Turn northeast (right) and go 1.1 miles to the second stop sign at Walnut Street.
- Turn north (left) and go 1 block to Grove Street.
- Turn west (left) and go 3 blocks on Grove Street to our main entrance where the road turns to become Forest Avenue.
Directions to Spring Brook Nature Center from north or south:
From I-355 Northbound (from Joliet)...
- Exit the highway at U.S. 20 - Lake Street (in Addison) after the Toll at Army Trail Road and just before the merger with I-290.
- Turn east (right) and go .1 mile to the traffic light at Rohlwing Road.
- Turn north (left) and go .5 mile to Bloomingdale Road.
- Turn northeast (right) and go 1.1 miles to the second stop sign at Walnut Street.
- Turn north (left) and go 1 block to Grove Street.
- Turn west (left) and go 3 blocks on Grove Street to our main entrance where the road turns to become Forest Avenue.
From I-290 Eastbound (from Schaumburg)...
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Exit the highway at Thorndale Avenue (Exit 5).
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Turn east (left) and go about 1 mile to the third traffic light at Arlington Heights Road.
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Turn south (right) and go .6 mile, where the road gradually turns west, becoming Division Street.
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Travel straight an additional .3 mile on Division Street to the first stop sign.
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Turn south (left) and go .3 mile on Walnut Street, crossing over the railroad tracks and Irving Park Road on the way to Grove Street.
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Turn west (right) and go 3 blocks on Grove Street to our main entrance where the road turns to become Forest Avenue. |