Illinois

Description

The northern tip of Illinois touches on Lake Michigan. The centre is mainly flat prairy. The southern part is a little bit more rugged, and home to the Shawnee National Forest with its lakes, streams, small waterfalls. Good hiking in this park.

The American Discovery Trail passes through Illinois. The 173 mile Hennepin Canal Parkway follows the old tow path along the Hennepin Canal in Illinois.

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Illinois

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  • On the Old Oregon Trail
  • Follow the pioneers to Oregon! Between 1840 and 1860 three hundred thousand Americans packed their belongings in farm wagons, hitched up their livestock, said goodbye to their families and friends, and set out for the West on the Oregon Trail. William Porter traveled with them in 1848, headed for Oregon in a large family group, including his... Read more
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  • On the Old Oregon Trail
  • Follow the pioneers to Oregon! Between 1840 and 1860 three hundred thousand Americans packed their belongings in farm wagons, hitched up their livestock, said goodbye to their families and friends, and set out for the West on the Oregon Trail. William Porter traveled with them in 1848, headed for Oregon in a large family group, including his... Read more
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  • Edward Weston
  • Over the course of his fifty-year career, American photographer Edward Weston (1886-1958) blazed a path into Photo-Modernism rendering portraits, landscapes, still-lifes and nudes. In 1902, a sixteen-year-old Weston took up photography in Highland Park, Illinois, where he worked as an amateur for five years. In 1907, at the age of twenty-one,... Read more
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  • Edward Weston
  • Over the course of his fifty-year career, American photographer Edward Weston (1886-1958) blazed a path into Photo-Modernism rendering portraits, landscapes, still-lifes and nudes. In 1902, a sixteen-year-old Weston took up photography in Highland Park, Illinois, where he worked as an amateur for five years. In 1907, at the age of twenty-one,... Read more
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  • Hiking Southern Oregon
  • From the Idaho Line to the Pacific Coast, Hiking Southern Oregon describes 100 of the best hikes in the beautiful and surprisingly diverse bottom third of the state. Hikes are described for Steens Mountain, Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge, Crater Lake National Park; the Gearhart, Sky Lakes, Thielsen, Mountain Lakes, and Kalmiopsis Wilderness... Read more
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  • Hiking Southern Oregon
  • From the Idaho Line to the Pacific Coast, Hiking Southern Oregon describes 100 of the best hikes in the beautiful and surprisingly diverse bottom third of the state. Hikes are described for Steens Mountain, Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge, Crater Lake National Park; the Gearhart, Sky Lakes, Thielsen, Mountain Lakes, and Kalmiopsis Wilderness... Read more
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  • The Prairie Peninsula
  • The prairie grassland biome covers the heartland of North America with an eastward extension called the Prairie Peninsula. Primarily composed of tallgrass prairie, this biome lies between the shortgrass prairies of the west and the eastern deciduous forest region and includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, southeastern Wisconsin, and... Read more
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  • The Prairie Peninsula
  • The prairie grassland biome covers the heartland of North America with an eastward extension called the Prairie Peninsula. Primarily composed of tallgrass prairie, this biome lies between the shortgrass prairies of the west and the eastern deciduous forest region and includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, southeastern Wisconsin, and... Read more
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  • Hiking Illinois - 2nd Edition
  • This updated edition of Hiking Illinois provides you with essential information on hiking regulations, facts for the state's scenic parks, easy-to-read maps for every trail, and much more! No matter what part of the Land of Lincoln you want to explore, or how easy or challenging a trek you want, Hiking Illinois will lead you to the right trail. Read more
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  • Hiking Illinois - 2nd Edition
  • This updated edition of Hiking Illinois provides you with essential information on hiking regulations, facts for the state's scenic parks, easy-to-read maps for every trail, and much more! No matter what part of the Land of Lincoln you want to explore, or how easy or challenging a trek you want, Hiking Illinois will lead you to the right trail. Read more
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  • Walking Across America
  • Walking Across America is the story of John and Helen Beam’s long trek across the country. They didn’t walk the walk because they were “disillusioned with society” or “stifled in their jobs,” or because they needed to “find themselves” or “plumb their relationships to nature.” They’d led blessed lives and carried no such romantic baggage. They... Read more
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  • Walking Across America
  • Walking Across America is the story of John and Helen Beam’s long trek across the country. They didn’t walk the walk because they were “disillusioned with society” or “stifled in their jobs,” or because they needed to “find themselves” or “plumb their relationships to nature.” They’d led blessed lives and carried no such romantic baggage. They... Read more
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  • Illinois Atlas & Gazetteer
  • A uniquely useful resource, the Atlas & Gazetteer* Series is great for information on camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, bike and motorcycle touring, birdwatching, back road exploration, and more. A guide is available for all 50 American states. Read more
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  • Illinois Atlas & Gazetteer
  • A uniquely useful resource, the Atlas & Gazetteer* Series is great for information on camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, bike and motorcycle touring, birdwatching, back road exploration, and more. A guide is available for all 50 American states. Read more
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  • Illinois off the Beaten Path
  • A series for the individual with a unique taste in travel presents easy-to-use, state-by-state or province-by-province handbooks that describe the unusual, offbeat and little-known places that most tourists miss, in guidebooks that come complete with maps, illustrations and other special features. Read more
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  • Illinois off the Beaten Path
  • A series for the individual with a unique taste in travel presents easy-to-use, state-by-state or province-by-province handbooks that describe the unusual, offbeat and little-known places that most tourists miss, in guidebooks that come complete with maps, illustrations and other special features. Read more
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  • Zen Track Rambling
  • Zen Track Rambling came about quite by chance: First, as a joyful account to capture the feelings I experienced during my long runs; and secondly, as a means to relieve the pain, depression, and general helplessness I felt during a long-term injury. My running journey has led me to extreme highs, but has also plunged me bipolar-like into the... Read more
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  • Zen Track Rambling
  • Zen Track Rambling came about quite by chance: First, as a joyful account to capture the feelings I experienced during my long runs; and secondly, as a means to relieve the pain, depression, and general helplessness I felt during a long-term injury. My running journey has led me to extreme highs, but has also plunged me bipolar-like into the... Read more
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  • Illinois State Travel Journal, Motto
  • Here s the Dragon Dragon Travel Journal deal.You wander the world having adventures, and such. Dragon Dragon offers you 200 pages to document your travels, and such. That s it. Simple. Beautiful. True.To help keep things organized, we ve given each journal a unique continent, country or city name.Wherever you go in this life, a Dragon Dragon... Read more
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  • Illinois State Travel Journal, Motto
  • Here s the Dragon Dragon Travel Journal deal.You wander the world having adventures, and such. Dragon Dragon offers you 200 pages to document your travels, and such. That s it. Simple. Beautiful. True.To help keep things organized, we ve given each journal a unique continent, country or city name.Wherever you go in this life, a Dragon Dragon... Read more
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