After we were done, another hiker (Tony) was coming back and we had a nice chat. He archery hunts in the area and was out more or less scouting. He said he saw some coyotes once.
We did not see much in the way of critters except some geese, a squirrel, and a deer stand. Tony said he knows of at least three deer stands in the preserve.
We also saw a picnic table in the river. it was the only picnic table we saw. Not much in the way of facilities here. Two stone benches and a trash can. Parking for maybe a dozen cars. However, it is just a few blocks from County Line Forest Preserve which has a pit toilet and a well.
The map I got from the district does not show the western part of the park. There is a larger version of this posted at the information kiosk.
/It appears from the aerial photo posted on the kiosk that all of the property between Newburg Road and the river belongs to the district to the west of what the trail map shows.
For some reason the GPS segmented the route into two chunks. We basically walked the perimeter.
