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Lesser Known Trails of the Shawnee National Forest Shawnee National Forest 80Th Anniversary Celebration Lesser known trails of the Shawnee National Forest Shawnee National Forest 80th Anniversary Celebration HikingWithShawn.com Presents! © 2020 1 The Shawnee is Yours! Get out and explore it! © 2020 2 SAFETY: Leave with good memories, not bad injuries! LESSER KNOWN TRAILS AREAS MAY NOT HAVE ALWAYS WATCH YOUR TELL SOMEONE EXACTLY MEANS LESSER KNOWN PHONE SIGNAL, CALLING STEP – SNAKES, FALL WHERE YOU WILL BE. AWARENESS OF FOR HELP COULD BE A HAZARDS AND EVEN OLD HAZARDS AND DANGERS! CHALLENGE. WELLS. TRY NOT TO HIKE ALONE AND BRING GEAR! © 2020 Hiking HikingWithShawn.com with Shawn™ 3 Always Put Safety First! © 2020 4 Don’t Don’t litter – leave areas better than litter you found them. LEAVE NO Take Take a trash bag and pick up litter, TRACE: be a forest hero! Pack it in, Don’t Don’t move rocks or natural pack it move elements that wildlife depends on. out! Report suspicious behavior to the US Report Forest Service Law Enforcement! © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ HikingWithShawn.com 5 Keep Natural Areas Litter Free and All Natural! © 2020 6 HIKING ETIQUETTE: Be a good Shawnee Trail Steward! Stay on the trail at all times! Don’t disturb wildlife or plants/flowers! No more than 10 in a group when in a wilderness area! Yield to equestrians, share the trail! No digging or collecting! No fires or camping in prohibited areas! Only You Can Prevent Wildfires! HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ 7 Trail 030 HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 8 Loop (6-8 miles) rugged with creek crossings, rolling hills and muddy conditions when wet. Horse trail. Bluffage, scenic Bay Creek and wilderness-like forest. Trail 030 Other nearby areas include Sand Cave and Millstone Lake TinyUrl.com/ShawneeTrail30 © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ www.HikingWithShawn.com 9 Trail 030 HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 10 Crow Knob HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 11 Out and back (4-5 miles) rugged with creek, hills, muddy – horse trails. Bluffage, scenic overlook, forest Crow Knob Underground Railroad history Nearby areas are Millers Grove and Jackson Hole EA TinyUrl.com/ShawneeCrowKnob © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ www.HikingWithShawn.com 12 Crow Knob HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 13 Caney Branch HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 14 Out and back (4-6 miles) rugged, Horse trail Bluffage with barrens, waterfalls, old signs of life before the forest, Durfee Cemetery Caney and Burden Falls Wilderness Branch Nearby areas Burden Falls and Bell Smith Springs TinyUrl.com/ShawneeCaneyBranch © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ www.HikingWithShawn.com 15 Caney Branch HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 16 High Knob Hiker Trail HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 17 Loop (1-2 miles) good for family, no horses allowed Bluffage, rock formations, forest and scenic overlooks High Knob Hiker Only Recently maintained by Forest Service Trail Nearby Garden of the Gods and Rim Rock TinyUrl.com/ShawneeHighKnob © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ www.HikingWithShawn.com 18 High Knob Hiker Trail HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 19 Bulge Hole HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 20 Out and back (4-6 miles) rugged, no horses Bluffage, shelters, waterfalls and scenic creeks Bulge Hole EA Nearby area Tunnel Hill State Trail and Heron Pond TinyUrl.com/ShawneeBulgeHole © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ www.HikingWithShawn.com 21 Bulge Hole HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 22 Dutchman Lake HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 23 Dutchman Lake Loop (4-6 miles) rugged, horses present Bluffage, waterfalls, lake views and rock formations Nearby area include Schwegman EA and Odum Tract EA TinyUrl.com/ShawneeDutchmanLake © 2020 Hiking www.HikingWithShawn.com with Shawn™ 24 Dutchman Lake HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 25 Max Creek HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 26 Loop (4-5 miles) ruggedness, horses present Legends and lore about Max Creek Vortex Bluffage, natural shelters, waterfalls, Max Creek creeks and maybe mysterious events Nearby Jackson Falls and Trigg Tower TinyUrl.com/ShawneeMaxCreek © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ www.HikingWithShawn.com 27 Max Creek HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 28 Cedar Wonders HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 29 Out and back (4-6 miles) rugged with horses present Bluffage, waterfalls, natural arch and old settlement Cedar Wonders Nearby areas include Camp Ondessonk and Dixon Springs State Park TinyUrl.com/ShawneeCedarWonders © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ www.HikingWithShawn.com 30 Cedar Wonders HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 31 Double Falls HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 32 Out and back (2-3 miles) rugged, no trails Waterfalls, creeks and bluffage line Double Falls Nearby to Panther Den Wilderness and Giant City State Park TinyUrl.com/ShawneeDoubleFalls © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ www.HikingWithShawn.com 33 Double Falls HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 34 Lost Canyon HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 35 Out and back (2-4 miles) rugged, no horses Old trail and road no longer maintained Lost Area is subject to Big Muddy River Canyon flooding Nearby areas include Little Grand Canyon and Pomona Natural Bridge TinyUrl.com/ShawneeLostCanyon © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ www.HikingWithShawn.com 36 Lost Canyon HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 37 Hutchins Creek HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 38 Out and back (6 miles) rugged, horses present Wild and scenic river candidate, very Hutchins scenic creek Creek Areas nearby include Snake Road and Bald Knob Cross TinyUrl.com/ShawneeHutchinsCreek © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ www.HikingWithShawn.com 39 Hutchins Creek HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 40 Hamburg Hill HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 41 Out and back (1-8 miles) very rugged and hilly terrain, big trees, creeks Recently maintained trailhead, old growth forest, Trail of Tears route and Hamburg bluffage/creeks Hill Nearby areas Trail of Tears State Park and Horseshoe Lake TinyUrl.com/ShawneeHamburgHill © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ www.HikingWithShawn.com 42 Hamburg Hill HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 43 TinyUrl.com/ShawneeMap Shawnee Forest RiverToRiverTrail.net Maps TinyUrl.com/SNFMAPS © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ www.HikingWithShawn.com 44 Special Thanks… Forest Service for keeping up with the forest SIU for assisting with the anniversary Friends of the Shawnee, IL DNR, R2R Society and Shawnee Trail Conservancy for supporting the forest Joe Littleton for coming up with all these names of stuff to see And you, who enjoys the forest! www.HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ 45 YouTube.com/HikingWithShawn Hiking Facebook.com/HikingWithShawn with Instagram.com/HikingWithShawn Shawn Twitter.com/HikingWithShawn www.HikingWithShawn.com www.HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ 46 Some Shawnee Quickies!!! Locations at: TinyUrl.com/ShawneeMap HikingWithShawn.com 47 48 Hitching Post Overlook – Herod, Illinois HikingWithShawn.com Pounds Hollow Arch – Karbers Ridge, Illinois HikingWithShawn.com 49 Tunnel Hill Arch – Tunnel Hill, Illinois HikingWithShawn.com 50 Hunting Branch – Eddyville, Illinois HikingWithShawn.com 51 Rice Hollow – High Knob, Illinois HikingWithShawn.com 52 Eagle Mountain – Equality, Illinois HikingWithShawn.com 53 Questions & Answers What would you like to know? www.HikingWithShawn.com © 2020 Hiking with Shawn™ 54.
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    88°43'0"W 88°42'0"W 88°41'0"W 88°40'0"W 88°39'0"W 88°38'0"W 88°37'0"W 88°36'0"W 88°35'0"W 88°34'0"W 88°33'0"W 88°32'0"W 88°31'0"W 88°30'0"W 88°29'0"W 88°28'0"W 88°27'0"W 88°26'0"W 88°25'0"W 020 37°38'0"N Emergency Contact Information National Forest Contact Numbers Shawnee National Forest Gallatin County Sheriff (618) 269-3137 Hidden Springs Ranger District Forest Supervisor’s Office GARDEN Hardin County Sheriff (618) 287-2271 602 N. First Street 50 Highway 145 South Hiker/Equestrian Trails Map Eagle Creek OF THE Pope County Sheriff (618) 683-4321 Route 45 North Harrisburg, IL 62946 Water s he d 462 Trails Designation Project Area 37°37'0"N Saline County Sheriff (618) 252-8661 Vienna, IL 62995 (618) 253-7114 Emergency cellphone service may not be available in all (618) 658-2111 (800) 699-6637 Lusk Creek and Upper Bay Creek STATE map areas Watersheds 37°37'0"N 465 408 : 464 HIGHWAY 34 Contour017 interval = 20 feet Trail Conditions Hotline 618-658-1312 463 Jackson Hollow Eddyville Vicinity 0 0.5 1 2 To report trail conditions and obtain updated information regarding wet -weather closures in the Lusk Creek Wilderness 460 408 460 Miles HORTON HILL RD 465 WWW.SNFFRIENDS.ORG Hiker Only 460 37°36'0"N [email protected] GARDEN OF THE GODS WILDERNESS Hiker Only Shawnee National Forest website: www.fs.usda.gov/shawnee 37°36'0"N 25% of proceeds of this map support trail improvements Hiker Only 001E 88°42'30"W 88°42'0"W 88°41'30"W 88°41'0"W UPPER 467 SPRING RD CENTER Hitching Post TH 001 UPPER SPRINGS RD GARDEN OF THE GODS WILDERNESS Jackson
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