Hikers enjoy the fall leaves at Swallow Cliff Woods forest preserve in Palos Township, Nov. 7, 2023.
Stair climbers exercise on the 168 limestone steps up to the Swallow Cliff Woods forest preserve bluff in Palos Township, Nov. 7, 2023. The stairs were for a toboggan that has been removed. The bluff still serves as an active sledding hill in winter.
Maple leaves are dusted with snow on Halloween in Logan Square, Oct. 31, 2023.
Greystones along Logan Boulevard are dusted with snow on Halloween in Logan Square, Oct. 31, 2023.
As the season’s first snow flurries arrive, Mary and Andy Monk walk their dog, Zoey, in the Fox Point neighborhood on Oct. 31, 2023, in Barrington.
Sailboats congregate as Wabash Avenue and State Street bridges open along the Chicago River on Oct. 25, 2023, making the annual fall trek back to boatyards for winter storage. The city of Chicago lifts bridges along a 5.69-mile
stretch of the river in the spring and fall from Ashland Avenue to DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
Rena Meagher, of St. Charles, walks with her daughter, Amelia Meagher, 3, at the Morton Arboretum on Oct. 24, 2023, in Lisle.
People enjoy unseasonably warm weather as leaves change colors along Navy Pier on Oct. 24, 2023.
A tour boat heads toward the Chicago River near Navy Pier on Oct. 24, 2023.
Bill and Barb Johnson, from Carol Stream, take photos around the Oculus sculpture at the Morton Arboretum on Oct. 24, 2023, in Lisle.
People walk along Navy Pier on a warm Oct. 24, 2023.
Fall leaves show their color along Navy Pier on Oct. 24, 2023.
Jim and Donna Plonczynski, from Geneva, look over fall foliage on Frost Hill at Morton Arboretum on Oct. 24, 2023, in Lisle.
The first signs of fall foliage appear at Chicago’s Promontory Point after morning rain on Sept. 26, 2023.
Children and caretakers walk along the bank of the Chicago River between the Chicago and Grand avenue bridges as the leaves change of colors on Sept. 25, 2023.
Derron Hawkins, 6, and his mom, Phyllis Simmons, smile as they walk past a 12-foot-tall werewolf in the 200 block of North California Avenue in Chicago on Oct. 22, 2023.
People walk through Promontory Point after a morning rainstorm as the first signs of fall foliage appear in changing leaves on Sept. 26, 2023.
A rainbow appears above the intersection of North and Damen avenues in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood on Oct. 6, 2023.
A young coyote stands beneath a CTA “L” train in a North Side cemetery on Sept. 27 2023.
Teen kayakers paddle the Chicago River toward the Grand Avenue bridge on Sept. 25, 2023.
The first signs of fall foliage appear at Promontory Point as storm clouds move across the skyline in front of Willis Tower after morning rain on Sept. 26, 2023.