Explore Apple River Canyon Trail in Apple River, IL. A moderate 5.5-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Argyle Lake State Park Loop in Colchester, IL. A moderate 5.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Beall Woods Cathedral of Trees in Keensburg, IL. A easy 5.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Bell Smith Springs Arch Trail in Shawnee National Forest, IL. A moderate 4.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Buffalo Rock Effigy Tumuli Trail in Ottawa, IL. A easy 3.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Burden Falls Shawnee Waterfall in Eddyville, IL. A easy 2.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Cache River Bald Cypress Boardwalk in Ullin, IL. A easy 4.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Calhoun County Confluence Trail in Hardin, IL. A easy 3.5-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Cave-in-Rock Ohio River Trail in Cave-in-Rock, IL. A easy 2.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Chain O Lakes State Park Trail in Spring Grove, IL. A easy 6.5-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Deer Grove Forest Preserve Trail in Palatine, IL. A easy 7.0-mile loop trail.…
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Devil's Standtable is the most geologically distinct feature at Giant City State Park, a giant mushroom rock formation f…
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Explore Dixon Springs State Park Trail in Golconda, IL. A moderate 2.5-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Eldon Hazlet Carlyle Lake Trail in Carlyle, IL. A easy 5.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Ferne Clyffe Waterfall Canyon in Goreville, IL. A moderate 2.5-mile loop trail.…
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The Fristoe Trail provides a ridge-walking experience along the backbone of the Pere Marquette limestone bluffs, travers…
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Explore Galena Territory Driftless Trail in Galena, IL. A moderate 7.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Garden of the Gods Rock Trail in Shawnee National Forest, IL. A easy 1.0-mile loop trail.…
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Garden of the Gods Trail introduces visitors to the most bizarre and arresting landscape in Illinois — a collection of m…
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Explore Gebhard Woods Canal Trail in Morris, IL. A easy 3.5-mile loop trail.…
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Giant City Nature Trail is the signature hike of Giant City State Park in the Shawnee Hills of southern Illinois, thread…
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Explore Giant City State Park Trail in Makanda, IL. A moderate 6.0-mile loop trail.…
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Goat Cliff Trail earns its strenuous designation by climbing 300 feet directly up the face of the Illinois River bluffs …
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Explore Goose Lake Prairie Natural Area in Morris, IL. A easy 5.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Hennepin Canal Towpath Trail in Sheffield, IL. A easy 30.0-mile point-to-point trail.…
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Explore Horseshoe Lake Eagle Watch Trail in Miller City, IL. A easy 4.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Illinois Beach Natural Area Trail in Zion, IL. A easy 6.0-mile loop trail.…
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Illinois Canyon is the widest and most dramatic of the 18 canyons in Starved Rock State Park, its walls spreading to nea…
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Explore Jubilee College State Park Trail in Brimfield, IL. A moderate 8.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Kankakee River State Park Trail in Bourbonnais, IL. A moderate 11.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Lake Murphysboro Shawnee Trail in Murphysboro, IL. A moderate 4.5-mile loop trail.…
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Explore LaRue Pine Hills Ecological Area in Wolf Lake, IL. A moderate 4.5-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Lincoln Trail State Park Trail in Marshall, IL. A easy 4.5-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Little Black Slough Cypress Swamp in Vienna, IL. A easy 3.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Lowden Lorado Taft Rock River in Oregon, IL. A moderate 5.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Matthiessen State Park Dells in Oglesby, IL. A moderate 5.5-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Mermet Lake Bottomland Trail in Mermet, IL. A easy 3.5-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Mississippi Palisades Bluff Trail in Savanna, IL. A moderate 15.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Moraine Hills Glacial Lake Loop in McHenry, IL. A easy 10.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Nauvoo State Park Mississippi Trail in Nauvoo, IL. A easy 3.5-mile loop trail.…
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Explore North Shore Channel Urban Trail in Evanston, IL. A easy 8.0-mile out-and-back trail.…
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The Observation Trail at Garden of the Gods extends the main formation loop to encompass the full range of named rock fo…
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Explore Palos Forest Preserve Loop in Orland Park, IL. A moderate 10.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Pere Marquette State Park Trail in Grafton, IL. A hard 15.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Poplar Creek Prairie Restoration in Hoffman Estates, IL. A easy 6.5-mile loop trail.…
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The Post Oak Trail takes its name from the post oak — a gnarled, drought-tolerant member of the white oak group that dom…
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Explore Pyramid State Recreation Trail in Pinckneyville, IL. A moderate 8.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Red Hills State Park Highest Point in Sumner, IL. A moderate 5.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Rim Rock National Recreation Trail in Shawnee National Forest, IL. A moderate 3.0-mile loop trail.…
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This section of the River to River Trail passes through some of the most remote and wild terrain in Illinois, traversing…
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Explore Rock Cut State Park Glacial Lakes in Loves Park, IL. A moderate 9.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Siloam Springs State Park Trail in Clayton, IL. A moderate 7.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Sioux Falls Natural Dam Trail in Benton, IL. A easy 5.0-mile loop trail.…
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St. Louis Canyon at Starved Rock State Park is widely considered one of the most beautiful glacial canyons in the Midwes…
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Explore Starved Rock Canyon Trail in Utica, IL. A moderate 13.0-mile loop trail.…
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Starved Rock Summit Trail climbs to the top of a 125-foot sandstone butte rising directly from the south bank of the Ill…
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Explore Trail of Tears State Forest in Jonesboro, IL. A moderate 8.0-mile loop trail.…
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Twin Shelters Trail is the backbone hiking route of Pere Marquette State Park, the largest state park in Illinois at nea…
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Explore Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve in Darien, IL. A easy 9.5-mile loop trail.…
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Explore Weldon Springs Glacial Lake Trail in Clinton, IL. A easy 4.0-mile loop trail.…
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Explore White Pines Forest State Park in Mount Morris, IL. A moderate 5.0-mile loop trail.…
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