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Cap Sauers and Swallow Cliff Loop Trail

Palos Park, IL

Palos/Sag Valley Forest Preserve: Cap Sauers and Swallow Cliff Loop is a 4.75 mile loop trail located near Palos Park, Illinois that features a great forest setting. The trail is rated as moderate and primarily used for hiking, mountain biking & trail running and is accessible year-round.

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    Lake Katherine Trail

    Palos Heights, IL

    Hiking
  • Best Hiking

  • Best Mountain Biking

  • Best Trail Running

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Starved Rock
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8 Completed 2 Reviews

Great elevation and changes of pace. Beautiful scenery and the weather was perfect. Lots, and I mean LOTS of people. Clean and the staff was friendly and offered a great path. Waterfalls and a breathtaking view of the lake.

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Starved Rock
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7 Completed 3 Reviews

This is one of our favorite places to go when visiting family in the area. The trails are great and our dog loves it too! Be prepared there are lots of stairs that might be difficult for some people.

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Salt Creek Trail
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3 Completed 2 Reviews

Not too busy, mix of bikers, runners and walkers. Well maintained.

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Salt Creek Trail
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3 Completed 2 Reviews

Great trails and wonderful scenery!

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Pere Marquette State Park and Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge - Brussels District
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4 Completed 4 Reviews

Favorite place close to home! Beautiful views of the rivers. Nice shady paths. Varying levels of difficulty. Most of the trails are pretty easy however. Dog friendly.

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Chouteau Island Levy Trail
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7 Completed 7 Reviews

oil and chip road on top of the chain of rocks canal west levee. flat ride, smooth surface. saw small deer herd and wild turkeys on land side. geese, pelicans,gulls and ducks riverside. view of lock 27 and its operations as well as tow boats. beware of crossing beneath bridge construction of new 270 bridges.

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Herrick Lake
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1 Completed 1 Reviews

Nice, wide crushed rock trails. Some shade on parts of the trail, but most of it is open fields. Due to all the different activities available (hiking, biking, fishing & boating) the area was pretty busy. Found 2 ticks on one of the kids after the hike, so stay on the trails.

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Hoseshoe Lake - Walker's Island Trail
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1 Completed 1 Reviews

Just completed the trail with my girlfriend. It was very flat and very easy. Taller grasses and very soft wet ground made the trail and annoyance without Gore-Tex. Saw very little wildlife but saw lots of deer tracks in the mud. The last mile of the trail is where it gets better for sights, but then toward the last half mile we had to go out to the road due to two walking bridges missing and the rest of the trail being flooded out. Seems like a nice area for a picnic, but I won't be back for the hiking.

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Hoseshoe Lake - Walker's Island Trail
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1 Completed 1 Reviews

This trail is mostly a flat grass trail. Half of the trail was through corn fields (no shade). I recommend not completing this trail right after a good rain shower. Very muddy. Plus toward the end of my hike there were two bridges that were out near the camp sites) and the last half mile was flooded. Recommend wearing water proof boots. There were a lot of birds and ducks and saw a couple of frogs for you nature lovers. I will not hike this trail again.

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Loud Thunder Forest Preserve
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3 Completed 3 Reviews

Good trails which have a lot of up and down going around the lake. However, the trails are more deer trails and are not too developed.

However, there is good fishing in Lake George.

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