Within biking distance
Arboretum / Japan House / Idea Garden / Barn house
Pollinatarium (http://www.life.illinois.edu/pollinatarium/)
Barnhart prairie (http://thebarnharts.org/prairie/)
Meadowbrook Park (http://www.urbanaparks.org/parks/meadowbrook-park/)
(photo © http://davidkunzman.net/photograph.php?pID=33)
Busey Woods (https://localwiki.org/cu/Busey_Woods)
Florida st. and Orchard st. prairie
Weaver Park grassland
(photo by Horace)
Downtown Champaign
Downtown Urbana
Farmer’s market in Urbana (http://urbanaillinois.us/market)
Within driving distance
Allerton park (http://allerton.illinois.edu/)
Homer Lake Forest Preserve
University research forests (Horace has the keys)
Lake of the woods
Kickapoo State Park (https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/Parks/Pages/Kickapoo.aspx)
Forest Glen Preserve
Old railway bridge near Vermillion River
(photo by Horace)
Clinton Lake
Chicago
Shawnee National Forest