Head out to the trails with your kids to find the unique decorated eggs around Champaign County Forest Preserves in April
Find dozens of brightly colored painted eggs in the forest preserves through May 15
Just as the weather begins to warm, we’ve got a great reason to head outside to our favorite county forest preserves to go on an extra special “hunt” with our kids. Champaign County Forest Preserves have set out their brightly colored painted eggs (large rocks) throughout all locations and you can make it a goal to find as many as you can this spring! (Just don’t try to put them in a basket.)
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According to the Champaign County Forest Preserve District’s Facebook page, you can find eggs around the following locations. They even created a handy tracker sheet you can print out so you know how many you are searching for at each location. (Click here to download.)
- Lake of the Woods, where we know for a fact a large number of the eggs are (just head to the Botanical Gardens if you want find a quick few!)
- River Bend Forest Preserve
- Sangamon River Forest Preserve (note that this is located near Fisher, not to be confused with the Piatt County property along the Sangamon River)
- Middle Fork Forest Preserve, the state’s first International Dark Sky Park
- Homer Lake
Wear your nature-friendly clothes so that you can freely explore the forest preserves while you’re visiting and enjoy your time outdoors being active!
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