Lake Catherine Palos Heights

[jetboat]

I was looking thru a friends photo album and saw some Awesome looking potential.... anyone know anything about the place???

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&i...752,-87.803003&spn=0.002476,0.004281&t=h&z=18

 

[xirtic]

Where is PALOS HEIGHTS????? :lol:

 

[jetboat]

Look at the map!!!

 

[xirtic]

Look at the map!!!

It is south of I-88...scarey.

 

[jetboat]

your inlaws live both south of I88 and west of 59 yet you ditched us for them....

 

[xirtic]

your inlaws live both south of I88 and west of 59 yet you ditched us for them....

I was in the back seat....drunk.....dragged there like a prisoner. (That is the only way to deal with going to the in-laws.)

 

[j182j]

Im going to check out a spot in Des Plains some time this coming week after work. On google maps it shows some rock there along the river. I will let you know.

 

[jetboat]

more information please..... Ive been using google maps to look for spots... I found 1 perfect spot but, its off limits to people.

 

[xirtic]

I also have heard that RACEWAY WOODS in Carpentersville has good trail/scale locations. Someone in here posted some info a while back. Maybe on Sunday the dog and I will go take a look.

 

[sally1800]

I was looking thru a friends photo album and saw some Awesome looking potential.... anyone know anything about the place???

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&i...752,-87.803003&spn=0.002476,0.004281&t=h&z=18

I don't know that place but there is a place I mountain bike at in Palos very close to that I think we called it Bull Frog lake it might be the same place. It was down 83 right past the river.

 

[ThunderVP]

That park has a waterfall with nice man placed rock formations that could be fun to play on but the park has very strick rules. You can't even ride a bike in it so I do not think they would let crawlers play.
There is a hiking / bike trail that runs along the shipping channel that does have some nice rocks and spots that could work out.
I took these last year while scouting the area. These were late season so the moss problem is evident. This is on the south side. Another trail runs on the north side with a couple usable areas but access is limited unless you hike or bike down the trail.

This last one is under the Harlem Ave bridge at the Cal Sag Hwy (Rt 83) crossing.

The Palos Quarry park at Rt83 & Archer has some good spots for trail trucks but little for the 2.2 crawlers (a good spot for supers, maybe, if you have a boat, is in the middle of the lake)
I haven't checked out the area near Bull Frog Lake yet, I have been meaning to some time.