Pilcher Park, located on the east edge of Joliet, contains 420 acres of ravines and forested bottomland braided by trails and streams.
Wooded ravines roll through the northern section of the park.
Coming down the from the hills and ravines, you’ll enter a flat bottomland forest in the south section of the park. This part of the park contains a couple of creeks that keep the landscape moist.
During spring, expect to see wildflowers throughout the park.
In 1920 local businessman Robert Pilcher donated this virgin woodland to the City of Joliet with the stipulation that the land be left wild. Pilcher was a self-taught naturalist and a “sturdy pioneer,” according to the inscription on this statue near the park’s nature center.