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Explore hiking trails around Chicago, Illinois. The best hike near Chicago is Forest Preserve Trail Loop, a 9.5 mile loop in . Chicago has population 2841952.0.


  • Hiking Trails (90)
  • Parks & Forests (28)
  1. 1
    Forest Preserve Trail Loop
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 9.5 mi
  2. 2
    Teason's Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1 Loop via Sag Valley Trail and Yellow Trail Loop
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 11.5 mi
  3. 3
    Devil's Slide via Trail 8
    ★ ★ ★ EASY 1.9 mi
  4. 4
    Mount Holden via Wilson Road
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 4.3 mi
  5. 5
    Forest Preserve Trail Loop
    ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 9.5 mi
  6. 6
    Swallow Cliffs via Yellow Trail Loop and Sag Valley Yellow Unpaved Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 3.6 mi
  7. 7
    Shedd Aquarium Loop via North Wabash Avenue and East Upper Wacker Drive
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 5.9 mi
  8. 8
    Bailly Beach Loop via Greenbelt Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 4.5 mi
  9. 9
    Scallop Dune via Long Lake Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 3.5 mi
  10. 10
    Mount Holden Loop via Trail 7
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 2.7 mi

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