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Best Hiking Trails near Essex, Illinois

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Explore hiking trails around Essex, Illinois. The best hike near Essex is Teason's Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1 Loop via Sag Valley Trail and Yellow Trail Loop, a 11.5 mile loop in Sag Valley Forest Preserve.

  • Hiking Trails (59)
  • Parks & Forests (32)
  1. 1
    Teason's Woods Picnic Shelter Grove 1 Loop via Sag Valley Trail and Yellow Trail Loop
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 11.5 mi
  2. 2
    LaSalle Canyon Loop via Wildcat Canyon - Lower bridge
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 6.1 mi
  3. 3
    Wildcat Canyon Loop
    ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 2.6 mi
  4. 4
    Forest Preserve Trail Loop
    ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 9.5 mi
  5. 5
    Swallow Cliffs via Yellow Trail Loop and Sag Valley Yellow Unpaved Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 3.6 mi
  6. 6
    Swallow Cliffs Loop via Yellow Trail Loop and Sag Valley Yellow Unpaved Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 5.1 mi
  7. 7
    Sandstone Point Overlook Loop via Campanula Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 3.6 mi
  8. 8
    Boomerang Slough Loop via Palos Orange Unpaved Trail and Palos Black Unpaved Spur Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 2.1 mi
  9. 9
    Tomahawk Slough Loop via Palos Orange Single Track Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 8.6 mi
  10. 10
    Wolf Road Woods Picnic Grove 1 Loop via Palos Black Single Track Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 4.3 mi

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