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Today at Arbor Hills Nature Preserve

78° F high

Good day

Good hunting weather today: cloudy skies, a high of 78° and no rain in sight.

  • Low59°
  • Rain0%
  • Wind8 mph, gusts 13
  • Sunset6:41 PM, back before dark

No official weather alerts here right now (weather.gov).

Forecast updated 6:45 AM CDT · Weather data by Open-Meteo.com · alerts from weather.gov

Trip tips for Fri, Oct 23

How to make this a great trip

Written by Gemma 4 · open model

  • Apply sunscreen since the UV index is moderateBased on: UV index up to 5 (moderate)
  • Finish the hunt before sunset at 6:44 PMBased on: Sunset at 6:44 PM
  • Bring water bottles to supplement the drinking fountainBased on: 1 drinking fountain on the park map
  • Locate the restroom on the park mapBased on: 1 restroom on the park map
  • Stay on the foot paths and trailsBased on: 116 foot paths and trails on the park map
  • Pack a pencil to check off finds on the passBased on: Your pass has a list of finds to check off

These tips were made for the weather on Fri, Oct 23. Today's forecast is in the weather card above.

Written by Gemma 4 (open model) from the forecast for Fri, Oct 23 and the park map. Code dropped any tip that broke a safety rule or wasn't based on a real fact.

Grass Pass · written for this park

Arbor Hills Nature Preserve

Ages 6-10 · Friday, Oct 23 · 8 finds

Grown-ups: back from the park? Sign in to tell us what you found. It helps the next family, and a find nobody can spot (or that isn't safe) gets left off new passes.

Park Finds

  1. Find 1: Count the 4 roofs held up by poles.

    Easy · 4 on the park map · OpenStreetMap

  2. Find 2: Look for 4 paths that go over other things.

    Medium · 4 on the park map · OpenStreetMap

  3. Find 3: What has a handle you push to get a swallow of water?

    Easy · 1 on the park map · OpenStreetMap

Wild Finds

  1. Find 4: Walk to a tree with corky lumps on the bark.

    Look: on tree trunks

    Hard · seen 3 times since Oct 9 · iNaturalist

    Look, don't touch. It has sharp spines or thorns.

  2. Find 5: Point to a tree with bright yellow-green fruit that is bumpy.

    Look: on the ground

    Medium · seen once since Oct 9 · iNaturalist

    Look, don't touch. Never eat wild berries or fruit.

  3. Find 6: Which plant has blue flowers?

    Look: in tall grass

    Easy · seen 2 times since Oct 9 · iNaturalist

    Look, don't pick or eat.

  4. Find 7: Hunt for white flowers on a plant.

    Look: in tall grass

    Medium · seen 2 times since Oct 9 · iNaturalist

    Look, don't pick or eat.

Lucky Finds

Maybe finds: they come and go, so missing one is totally fine. Visitors' Google reviews say people spot them here.

  1. Find 8: Maybe! Can you spot a furry pet with a wagging tail?

    Look: by the path

    Easy · at least 20 visitor reviews since Oct 2024 mention dogs, newest Sep 2026 · Google reviews via SerpApi

    Never pet an animal you don't know.

Find This Spot

I have ladders and steps for you to climb to my top. A low fence goes around me. What am I?

Start at START and follow the map to the X.

Map of Arbor Hills Nature Preserve drawn from OpenStreetMap, north is up. START is at a parking lot; the X is about 210 m south-west of it, and a dotted route follows the paths. Landmarks on the map: Arbor Hills Loop, Restrooms, Bridge.Arbor Hills LoopRestroomsBridgeSTARTN100 m (330 ft)
the spot START (begin here) path or trail road walk this way (the X is 210 m south-west)Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

October special: monarch butterflies

234 monarchs seen Oct 8-Oct 21 vs 181 in 2025

That's more than last year, so keep your eyes open.

Monarch butterflies reported within 25 km in the 14 days before today (Oct 8-Oct 21): 234 (iNaturalist, checked Oct 23, 12:02 AM CDT). Same two weeks last year (Oct 8-Oct 21, 2025): 181.

Milkweed seen near this park: yes (479 iNaturalist sightings within 1.5 km, all years).

Tip: look on milkweed and on fall flowers on a sunny afternoon. Look, don't touch: let it fly.

Clues written Oct 23, 12:03 AM CDT by gemma-4-31B-it (open model, Apache-2.0) from this park's data. Code checked each one against its source.

For the grown-up

Start with find 1: it's easy and it stays put. Find 8 can move away, so tick it off when you see it.

Answer key (don't peek, kids!)
  1. 1. Picnic shelters (4 on the park map · OpenStreetMap)
  2. 2. Bridges (Tower Overlook, Arbor Hills Loop) (4 on the park map · OpenStreetMap)
  3. 3. Drinking fountain (104) (1 on the park map · OpenStreetMap)
  4. 4. Hercules' club (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis) (seen 3 times since Oct 9 · iNaturalist)
  5. 5. Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera) (seen once since Oct 9 · iNaturalist)
  6. 6. Giant blue sage (Salvia azurea) (seen 2 times since Oct 9 · iNaturalist)
  7. 7. Heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides) (seen 2 times since Oct 9 · iNaturalist)
  8. 8. A dog out for a walk (maybe) (at least 20 visitor reviews since Oct 2024 mention dogs, newest Sep 2026 · Google reviews via SerpApi)

Find This Spot: The playground. OpenStreetMap way/485410232; START: parking lot, about 210 m south-west of START.

  • Some things seen here are left off for safety.
  • Park map checked Oct 18, 2:26 AM CDT (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
  • Wildlife sightings checked Oct 23, 12:02 AM CDT (iNaturalist observers, research grade, within 1.5 km, last 14 days).
  • Species facts: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), via iNaturalist.
  • Visitor reviews checked Oct 7, 9:08 AM CDT (Google reviews via SerpApi). We only count reviews that mention a Lucky Find in the last 2 years; review text is never shown or sent to the AI.
  • Clues by gemma-4-31B-it, an open-weight model anyone can download and run. Our code picks what is safe and writes every number and date; the model only chooses from real park data and writes the words.

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