Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve

Forest Preserve, lake shore and decommissioned fort/upscale neighborhood.

This is a good outdoor experience any time the weather suits. We now have family in this area, and explored a little. Ft Sheridan was previously a working fort with all kinds of housing, a large tower...

Forest Preserve, lake shore and decommissioned fort/upscale neighborhood.

This is a good outdoor experience any time the weather suits. We now have family in this area, and explored a little. Ft Sheridan was previously a working fort with all kinds of housing, a large tower...

Visit the beach (but don’t swim)

We followed a map to Lake Michigan & it took us through Fort Sheridan. This place was amazing. Huge homes, a look-out tower, pristinely manicured grounds. You won’t find any riff-raff here. The pa...

Visit the beach (but don’t swim)

We followed a map to Lake Michigan & it took us through Fort Sheridan. This place was amazing. Huge homes, a look-out tower, pristinely manicured grounds. You won’t find any riff-raff here. The pa...

A preserve with a view

When renowned landscape designer O.C. Simonds conceived plans for the Fort Sheridan army base in north suburban Lake Forest in 1889, he meticulously merged military needs with the land's rolling terra...