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Elk Grove Village, Illinois: Elk Pasture - Town Elk Herd

A forest preserve shelters a herd of 20 or so elk, a herd originally hauled into the area in a spurt of early 20th century civic pride.

Ned Brown Forest Preserve

Address:
Arlington Heights Rd, Elk Grove Village, IL
Directions:
Ned Brown Forest Preserve - Busse Woods, Arlington Heights Rd and Busse Rd.
Admission:
Free.
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Elk Pasture - Town Elk Herd

Drive to entrance at the dead end of Bennet Street to be in the parking lot for the Elk herd.

[Jeeptsq3, 08/10/2016]

Nature, no elk.

Elk Pasture - Town Elk Herd

Lots of biking trails and nature walks. Only one elk to look at.

[Natasha, 06/08/2013]

Elk.

Elk Pasture - Town Elk Herd

Elk Grove Village is devoted to Elk. They're on the street signs, water tower, car stickers... everything. At some point in the 1920s, the citizens of Elk Grove Village decided that they should have real elk. So they got a herd, despite the fact that they're not native to the area. The herd (about 20 animals) lives in a large open enclosure all year around in the middle of a forest preserve. They are HUGE and smelly, but very interesting. They aren't scared of people, so go right up to the fence.

[Katy Spindler, 03/17/2012]

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