With extended closures over the holiday, suggested alternatives for a fun and safe Memorial Day weekend

The Forest Preserves of Cook County is asking patrons and visitors to spend the upcoming Memorial Day at Home.

This year, with health and safety guidelines to limit the spread of COVID-19, the Forest Preserves urges people to make Memorial Day memorable at home.

We hope that with Memorial Day at Home, our patrons will find other creative ways to honor the fallen and to be with family,” said Arnold Randall, the General Superintendent of the Forest Preserves of Cook County.

For Memorial Day weekend, the Forest Preserves is adding two preserves to the list of six sites that have weekend parking closures to limit the size of crowds: Dan Ryan Woods and Schiller Woods.

The Forest Preserves is also extending the weekend parking closures to Memorial Day itself at Busse Woods, Maple Lake, Saganashkee Slough, Catherine Chevalier Woods, LaBagh Woods and Bunker Hill.