Entrances and parking lots are on Butterfield Road and Herrick Road in Wheaton, Illinois not far from Interstate 88. A detailed pdf trail map may be found here.

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

www.dupageforest.org/places-to-go/forest-preserves/herrick-lake

31 miles from the center of town

Main trails, parking and portable restrooms are accessible

Biking, Birdwatching (bobolinks, dickcissels, eastern meadowlarks, red-winged blackbirds, savanna sparrows, swallows, woodpeckers), Boating, Camping (youth groups only), Cross-Country Skiing, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Jogging, Picnicking, Running, Watchable Wildlife and Wildflowers.

Ira Herrick built his homestead on this location in the 1830s. The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County purchased the Herrick property in 1925.

Consult the trail map for restroom locations.

Nearby Honey Jam Café, 351 Rice Lake Square, Wheaton, Illinois offers tasty takeout breakfasts; be sure to request the amazing hot freshly baked cinnamon donuts which are hard to find to find on the menu.

Danada Forest Preserve is adjacent to the east of Herrick Lake Forest Preserve.

All year