National Forest · Illinois

Trails in Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

10 named trails · 28 miles. Each trail's page has its profile, trailhead and the Service's write-up. The lines, trailheads and points are the Forest Service's; the write-ups are the Service's own words; the climbing is read from USGS elevation along each line.

10 trails, A to Z.

About these trails

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.