Chicago residents grab your boots and get outside! Using clear and entertaining narrative, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Chicago eliminates doubts about where to hike and what to expect when you get to the trailhead. To locate and assess the best hikes within a 60-mile radius of the Chicago area, this guide is indispensable. 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Chicago blows the lid off the myth that you can't have a great trek close to home. The Windy City may be an ever-expanding metropolis, but there are still plenty of thrilling hiking options. Choose among short and long hikes, hikes for children, hikes for dogs, hikes for birding, for wildflowers and for waterfalls, historic and scenic hikes, and many others.
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"To help take the sweat out of finding a trail near you...buy one of the 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles guidebooks."--Newsweek
"To help take the sweat out of finding a trail near you...buy one of the 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles guidebooks."--Newsweek
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It's time to take a hike!
Chicago residents grab your boots and get outside! Using clear and entertaining narrative, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Chicago eliminates doubts about where to hike and what to expect when you get to the trailhead. To locate and assess the best hikes within a 60-mile radius of the Chicago area, this guide is indispensable.
60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Chicago blows the lid off the myth that you can't have a great trek close to home. The Windy City may be an ever-expanding metropolis, but there are still plenty of thrilling hiking options. Choose among short and long hikes, hikes for children, hikes for dogs, hikes for birding, for wildflowers and for waterfalls, historic and scenic hikes, and many others.
" Trail Descriptions allow you to assess each trail before you hike it.
" GPS-based Trail Maps provide you with accurate trail information.
" Elevation Profiles help you visualize each trail's altitude gains and losses.
" Detailed directions lead you to the trailheads.
Whether you live in Chicago, Aurora, Joliet, or Elgin, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Chicago provides you with the information you need to choose the perfect day hike in your area, including trail lengths, hiking times, and trail difficulty. So lace up those boots, sling that daypack, and hit the trail!
Chicago residents grab your boots and get outside! Using clear and entertaining narrative, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Chicago eliminates doubts about where to hike and what to expect when you get to the trailhead. To locate and assess the best hikes within a 60-mile radius of the Chicago area, this guide is indispensable.
60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Chicago blows the lid off the myth that you can't have a great trek close to home. The Windy City may be an ever-expanding metropolis, but there are still plenty of thrilling hiking options. Choose among short and long hikes, hikes for children, hikes for dogs, hikes for birding, for wildflowers and for waterfalls, historic and scenic hikes, and many others.
" Trail Descriptions allow you to assess each trail before you hike it.
" GPS-based Trail Maps provide you with accurate trail information.
" Elevation Profiles help you visualize each trail's altitude gains and losses.
" Detailed directions lead you to the trailheads.
Whether you live in Chicago, Aurora, Joliet, or Elgin, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Chicago provides you with the information you need to choose the perfect day hike in your area, including trail lengths, hiking times, and trail difficulty. So lace up those boots, sling that daypack, and hit the trail!
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I received a bachelors degree in English and journalism from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and received a master's of arts in writing from DePaul University in Chicago. I'm currently working on four more regional outdoor guidebooks that focus on bicycling and camping within the Chicago region and throughout Illinois. I've lived in Chicago resident for the past 10 years, and have worked for various daily and weekly newspapers. I've had freelance articles appear in The Chicago Tribune and the Des Moines Register. Recently, I worked for seven years as a publications editor for a large non-profit organization headquartered in Chicago.
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This review is from: 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Chicago: Including Aurora, Elgin, and Joliet (Paperback)
The title of the book caught my eye, and the book itself more than lived up to it! I live in downtown Chicago and was looking for hikes that could be done as day trips - the 60 hikes included are within this distance. The book makes it easy to search by type - for example, river hikes, lake hikes, hikes for wildlife viewing, hikes with children, and then also by distance (1-3 miles, 3-6 miles, and 6+ miles). Each hike has a trail map, directions, a full description, and key info at a glance (e.g. length, configuration, difficulty, scenery, facilities, and even exposure - shady, sunny etc.).
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This review is from: 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Chicago: Including Aurora, Elgin, and Joliet (Paperback)
I almost finished writing my review, hit the wrong button and lost it. Just to sum up, you will not find information so thorough, accurate and well-written on the subject. Mr. Villaire is the closest thing to a personal guide.I've lived in Chicago all my life and am pleased to have discovered and rediscoveredl so many worthwhile nature areas. Author Ted Villaire is obviously passionate about sharing his information with fellow nature lovers. Everytime I Google one of the recommended hikes, I find little that adds to the info found in the book. And forget Mapquest- this book gets driving directions right every time. The book is hardly pocket-sized, and the detailed trail guides will have you pulling the book out of your backpack often. My solution is to copy the pages and take those with. (Whoops- did I just confess to copyright violation?)
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good for day hikers,
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I bought this book as a referrence for a planned trip. I was so pleased with the graphics and format that I am buying more books in the series. The maps and desciptions are clear and informative. The hikes seem do-able for casual day hikers.
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Use the overview map on the inside front cover to assess the exact location of each hike's primary trailhead. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
yellow trail, prairie trail, regional trail, skokie lagoons, northern woods, prairie hike, hikes within, wide gravel trail, connector trail, cross the park road, bottomland forest, wooded dunes, mowed path, trail curves, canal trail, main park road, ridge hike, river hike, orange trail, cattail marsh, wet prairie, sledding hill, compass plants, trail dips Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lake Michigan, Kankakee River, Illinois River, Des Plaines River, Trailhead Coordinates, Starved Rock, County Road, Fox River, Salt Creek, Lake County, Volo Bog, North Branch Trail, Botanic Garden, Geneva Lake, Cook County, Warren Dunes, Jackson Park, Skokie River, Lakes State Park, Lakeshore Path, Independence Grove, Trailhead From Chicago, Willow Road, Cowles Bog Trail, Chicago Skyway Browse Sample Pages:
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Use the overview map on the inside front cover to assess the exact location of each hike's primary trailhead. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
yellow trail, prairie trail, regional trail, skokie lagoons, northern woods, prairie hike, hikes within, wide gravel trail, connector trail, cross the park road, bottomland forest, wooded dunes, mowed path, trail curves, canal trail, main park road, ridge hike, river hike, orange trail, cattail marsh, wet prairie, sledding hill, compass plants, trail dips Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lake Michigan, Kankakee River, Illinois River, Des Plaines River, Trailhead Coordinates, Starved Rock, County Road, Fox River, Salt Creek, Lake County, Volo Bog, North Branch Trail, Botanic Garden, Geneva Lake, Cook County, Warren Dunes, Jackson Park, Skokie River, Lakes State Park, Lakeshore Path, Independence Grove, Trailhead From Chicago, Willow Road, Cowles Bog Trail, Chicago Skyway Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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