40,000
$43,000
11.5 square miles
$251,000
The 197-acre Fullerton Park Forest Preserve in Addison is a patchwork of prairie, woods and wetlands that plays a valuable role in stormwater management. It also has the Forest Preserve District's only designated area for model-craft helicopters; drones can also be flown at the model-craft field.
Natural Scene
Fullerton Park contains several regionally rare plants such as indigo bush, short green milkweed, gentians and wild rice. Because of its diverse habitats, the forest preserve also hosts a variety of grassland and marshland birds, including black-crowned night herons, ospreys, Wilson’s snipes, American woodcocks and other state and regionally rare species. Ecologists have recorded northern leopard frogs, beavers, red foxes, coyotes, water snakes, midland painted turtles and garter snakes at Fullerton Park and more than 100 different kinds of invertebrates, including beetles, butterflies, crayfish, freshwater mussels, dragonflies and damselflies.
The College of DuPage Addison Center offers the same, full-service education available at COD's campus in Glen Ellyn.The center provides large and comfortable classrooms, computer labs, convenient parking and is home to one of the college's Learning Commons where students can receive a variety of academic support services, including testing and Reading, Writing, Speech, and Math Assistance. Please see the Addison Learning Commons webpage for additional services and testing hours.