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Looking for recommendation: any good hills around here to run up and down for exercise purposes?  
Looking for recommendation: any good hills around here to run up and down for exercise purposes?

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If they allowing anyone in , The Forest Preserve has one at Blackwell and one at Green Valley Forest Preserve. If not the one at Rotary Hill by NCHS is good.  
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@mood118 thanks!  
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The paved path to the top of the landfill and the landfill itself at Green Valley is currently closed. But the White Oak Trail at Green Valley has some rolling hills.  
+3 votes
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What is that Swallow one with the stairs everyone climbs?  
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@colpotomy5480 swallow cliff in Palos on rt 83.  
+15 votes
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The ski hill at Four Lakes in Lisle. I know they don't love large groups of runners on there but one or two at a time might go unnoticed.  
+15 votes
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Blackwell in Warrenville. Has a path going up. Off butterfield and Winfield rd. About 5-10 minute drive.  
+14 votes
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Rotary hill is what they always made us run during track practice.  
+12 votes
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Waterfall Glen
+6 votes
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Waterfall glen is closed
+15 votes
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For a small hill there's the "snow board" park at Ring and Washington (Weigand Park).  
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+14 votes
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Springbrook prairie path has great hills
+9 votes
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The path around the lake by the Napville police station, has the section at the end of it that's quite steep. Is paved.  
+20 votes
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Arrowhead park
+2 votes
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May watts school has a good hill
+7 votes
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Huffman street is killer!  
+20 votes
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Blackwell Forest Preserve - Mount Hoy.  
+16 votes
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Four lakes ski hill
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