Spring Break in Lemont: Patch Picks

Every Thursday, Patch will run a weekly feature called Patch Picks, highlighting editor and reader picks of great local businesses, destinations, services, organizations, ways to spend a day off, and more.  

You’ll find useful lists to help you, your family, friends, and significant others find the best places for everything from Sunday brunch to New Year’s Eve celebrations, pumpkin patches, date night destinations, florists, girlfriend nights out, kids party places, parks and more.

For this week, we've got five great ideas for the final four days of Spring Break.

1. , 50 E. Wend St.

Take in a flick at the Lemont Public Library. The movie “Tangled” will be shown from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 2. No registration is required but cost of admission is canned goods for the Lemont food pantries. Visit www.lemontlibrary.org for more information.

2. , 306 Lemont St.

Get in touch with Lemont’s past with a trip to the Lemont Area Historical Society. Take a walking tour of Lemont’s historic downtown or peruse historical artifacts from Lemont and the surrounding area. For more information about the historical society, visit www.lemonthistorical.org.

3. Sagawau Environmental Learning Center, 12545 W. 111th St.

Get up close and personal with nature at the Sagawau Environmental Learning Center, which hosts exhibits on geology, history and habitat management. Sagawau also provides habitat for more than 100 species of migrant and resident birds, and is home for the banding program of the Chicagoland Bird Observatory. Visit the Forest Preserve District of Cook County website at fpdcc.com.

4. Heritage Quarries Recreation Area, 1033 Main St.

Pull on some hiking boots and head to the Heritage Quarries Recreation Area. Pedestrian bridges provide access to the public for hiking, biking, and fishing opportunities in a nearly 100-acre natural area.

5. , 9700 S. Cass Ave.

Argonne invites all members of the public ages 16 and older to take guided tours of the scientific and engineering facilities and grounds. The tours are by reservation only. Call 630-252-5562 or e-mail tours@anl.gov for more information.