Marcher et Bavarder - McDowell Grove Forest Preserve

Come energize your morning with your AF DuPage friends and speak French while walking.

For this “Marcher et Bavarder” conversation group we will return to McDowell Grove Forest Preserve - 4s500 Raymond Dr, Naperville, IL 60563.

Located on the West Branch of the DuPage River, McDowell offers a 3.5-mile loop turf and limestone trail which we will shorten to 2-2.5 miles. McDowell Grove has mature woodlands, open fields with eastern bluebirds and Cooper’s hawks, and a floodplain forest with towering butternuts and black maples. (Paintball guns are prohibited, so please leave yours at home. 😊)

Directions: The entrance is on the east side of Raymond Drive at McDowell Road 0.6 mile south of I-88 and 1.2 miles north of Ogden Avenue. We will meet at the parking lot which is located east of the intersection of Raymond Dr. and McDowell Rd., which has a stoplight, and is about half a mile south of Diehl Rd. There are porta-potties nearby.

Please RSVP here to let us know if you’re coming. We’ll ask for your mobile phone number so we can contact you if needed on the day of the event.

We will email everyone the day prior to the event with further information about the walk.