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Hiking Illinois Hiking Illinois
About the Product
This is your complete guide to the most interesting and scenic day hiking trails in Illinois. No matter what part of the state you want to explore or how easy or hard a trek you want, this handy book will lead you to the right trail.
Hiking Illinois features the following:
• Detailed descriptions of 100 trails, including the length of trail, estimated time to hike it, and a difficulty rating
• 143 easy-to-read park and trail maps
• A map of each featured trail, with the points of interest labeled and their distances from the trailhead given
• Practical information on how to get to parks, the park hours, available facilities, permits and rules, and a contact address and phone number
• A convenient trail-finder grid, which provides a summary of each trail’s features and location in the book
• A section on nearby points of interest, with contact phone numbers
Hiking Illinois makes it easy to enjoy self-guided tours of trails in scenic areas in the north, central, and south sections of the state. You’ll discover beautiful trails in 59 featured spots, including Bell Smith Springs Recreation Area, Moraine Hills State Park, Beall Woods, and Mississippi Palisades State Park.
Author Susan Post is a professional naturalist and a native of Illinois who brings to life the history, terrain, flora, and fauna of each area. And her descriptions of nearby recreational and sightseeing destinations ensure that you won’t miss anything on your trip.
Whether you live in Illinois or are just visiting, there’s no better way to discover the natural beauty of the state than with Hiking Illinois.
About the Author
Susan Post has worked as a research biologist for the Illinois Natural History Survey since 1978. As she’s gone about her job, working on such projects as sampling streams for threatened and endangered plants and sampling soybean and horseradish fields for insect pests, Susan has crisscrossed Illinois and become well-acquainted with the natural areas of the state.
Susan is the coauthor of Illinois Wilds, a book that showcases the state’s natural areas. She also has written numerous articles on the fauna and flora of Illinois for such publications as the Nature of Illinois and the Illinois Steward Magazine. An accomplished nature photographer, Susan had had her pictures published in a number of regional magazines, including the Forests of Illinois and Michigan Natural Resources Magazine.
Susan is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. She resides in Champaign, Illinois, and enjoys taking photographs, traveling, and collecting American folk art in her leisure time.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Illinois Beach State Park and Nature Preserve
Chapter 2. Chicago Botanic Garden
Chapter 3. City of Chicago
Chapter 4. Wolf Road Prairie
Chapter 5. Edward L. Ryerson Conservation Area
Chapter 6. Palos and Sag Valley Forest Preserve
Chapter 7. Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve
Chapter 8. Morton Arboretum
Chapter 9. The Regional Trail
Chapter 10. Cuba Marsh Forest Preserve
Chapter 11. Volo Bog State Natural Area
Chapter 12. Moraine Hills State Park
Chapter 13. Trout Park Nature Preserve
Chapter 14. Glacial Park
Chapter 15. Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area
Chapter 16. Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail
Chapter 17. Rockford Area
Chapter 18. Starved Rock State Park
Chapter 19. Matthiessen State Park
Chapter 20. Rock River Valley
Chapter 21. Apple River Canyon State Park
Chapter 22. Mississippi Palisades State Park
Chapter 23. Kankakee River State Park
Chapter 24. Forest Glen Preserve
Chapter 25. Kickapoo State Park
Chapter 26. Fox Ridge State Park
Chapter 27. Champaign-Urbana
Chapter 28. Robert Allerton Park
Chapter 29. Hidden Springs State Forest
Chapter 30. Weldon Springs State Park
Chapter 31. Forest Park Nature Center
Chapter 32. Where Lincoln Walked
Chapter 33. Sand Ridge State Forest
Chapter 34. Argyle Lake State Park
Chapter 35. Siloam Springs State Park
Chapter 36. American Bottoms
Chapter 37. Pere Marquette State Park
Chapter 38. Nauvoo
Chapter 39. Robeson Hills Nature Preserve
Chapter 40. Beall Woods
Chapter 41. Rim Rock/Pounds Hollow Recreation Complex
Chapter 42. Garden of the Gods Recreation Area
Chapter 43. Northern Shawnee Hills
Chapter 44. Lusk Creek and Hayes Creek Canyons
Chapter 45. Bell Smith Springs Recreation Area
Chapter 46. Dixon Springs State Park
Chapter 47. Fort Massac State Park
Chapter 48. Jackson Hollow
Chapter 49. Mermet Lake Conservation Area
Chapter 50. Ferne Clyffe State Park
Chapter 51. Cache River State Natural Area
Chapter 52. Created Lakes
Chapter 53. Giant City State Park
Chapter 54. Trail of Tears State Forest
Chapter 55. Hamburg Hill
Chapter 56. LaRue–Pine Hills
Chapter 57. Little Grand Canyon
Chapter 58. Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve
Chapter 59. Fults Hill Prairie
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