Plan Your Visit

Plan Your Visit to Crooked Creek and Palos

Crooked Creek traverses several sites that comprise the Palos Sag-Valley region of Cook County. A map and full list of the all the woods, sloughs, lakes, and points of interest in the Palos and Sag Valley divisions of the Forest Preserves of Cook County can be downloaded here.

To explore the Palos Preserves, a good place to start is the Little Red School House Nature Center.

Driving: Click here for driving directions to the Little Red School House Nature Center.

CTA & PACE: Click here for information to take public transit to the Little Red School House Nature Center via the CTA Red Line and PACE bus service. Use the Schedule Explorer for route options. More transit directions can be obtained from https://www.transitchicago.com/.

MAP: Click here to access a Google Map of where Crooked Creek flows into Saganashkee Slough.