Chicago Transit Hikes

A Guide to Getting Out in Nature Without a Car

Lindsay Welbers (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2025 | Second Edition
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-08891-9 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

Taking the train to nature in Chicagoland

Beyond the steel and asphalt await natural spaces that are easy to access and balm for the soul. Lindsay Welbers’s guide tells readers how to use Chicagoland’s extensive public rail system to reach forests, prairies, wetlands, dunes, and Lake Michigan. Designed to take up minimal space in a backpack, Chicago Transit Hikes provides train-to-trailhead information for thirty nature treks with features that include:

Chapters with hikes organized by each rail line on the Metra, the South Shore train, and the CTA;
Information on everything from accessibility to dog-friendliness to flora and fauna;
Detailed descriptions of every destination;
Practical tips on packing lists and itineraries.

Up-to-date and user-friendly, Chicago Transit Hikes connects Chicagoans and visitors alike with excursions for every season and level of difficulty.

Lindsay Welbers is a journalist and sustainable transportation advocate. She runs the blog Third Coast Hikes at https://thirdcoasthikes.com.

Introduction

Why Take the Train if I Already Have a Car?
How Cars Ruined My Hike: A cautionary Tale
What You Need
What to Bring
What Not to Bring
Apps to Download
Outdoors Safety
COVID Safety
Trail Etiquette
Leave No Trace Practices
Levels of Difficulty
Transit Hubs
Metra
CTA
South Shore Line
Divvy
A Note on Maps

Hikes in Chicago

Chicago Lakefront Trail
Museum Campus/11th Street: Northerly Island Park
The 606
Conservatory Green Line: Garfield Park Conservatory
Rosemont Blue Line: Des Plaines River Trail, Catherine Chevalier Woods, and Chippewa Woods

Union Pacific North

Hubbard Woods: Skokie Lagoons
Fort Sheridan: Fort Sheridan Nature Preserve and Openlands Lakeshore Preserve at Fort Sheridan
Zion: Illinois Beach State Park and Campground

Milwaukee District North

Forest Glen and Edgebrook: LaBagh Woods and the North Branch Trail
Morton Grove: Frank Bobrytzke Forest and the North Branch Trail
Northbrook: Somme Preserves
Libertyville—Prairie Crossing: Des Plaines River Trail, Old School Forest Preserve
Round Lake: Hart’s Wood Park
Round Lake: Nippersink Forest Preserve
Ingleside: Grant Woods Forest Preserve

Union Pacific Northwest

Des Plaines: Des Plaines River Trail, Camp Ground Road Woods
Barrington: Baker’s Lake Nature Preserve
Barrington: Citizen’s Park and Cuba Marsh Forest Preserve
Palatine: Deer Grove and Camp Reinberg
Crystal Lake: Veteran’s Acres and Sterne’s Woods and Fen
Woodstock: Emricson Park
Woodstock: Ryder’s Wood Park

Milwaukee District West to Elgin

River Grove: Des Plaines River Trail, Schiller Woods
Itasca: Springbrook Nature Center
Itasca: Songbird Slough Forest Preserve
Hanover Park: Mallard Lake and Hawk Hollow Forest Preserve
National Street: Fox River Trail

Union Pacific West

River Forest: Thatcher Woods
Geneva: The Fox River Trail
Elburn: Elburn Forest Preserve

BNSF Railway

LaGrange Avenue: Salt Creek Woods, Possum Hollow Wood, and Bemis Woods

SouthWest Service and Heritage Corridor

The Big Palos Adventure Camp—From Palos Heights and Palos Park—SouthWest Service to Willow Springs—Heritage Corridor

Rock Island District

Major Taylor Trail
Blue Island: Cal-Sag Trail
Oak Forest: Midlothian Meadows and Oak Forest Heritage Preserve
Oak Forest: Midlothian Reservoir, St. Mihiel Woods, East Yankee Woods, and the George W. Dunne National Golf Course
Oak Forest: Camp Sullivan and the Area around Bachelor’s Grove Woods
Joliet: Joliet Ironworks Historic Site and the I&M Canal

South Shore Line

Dune Park: Indiana Dunes State Park
Miller, Portage-Ogden Dunes, and Beverly Shores: Indiana Dunes National Park and the Dunewood Campground

Suggested Itineraries

Acknowledgments

Erscheinungsdatum	28.08.2025
Zusatzinfo	10 maps
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	114 x 178 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	0-252-08891-3 / 0252088913
ISBN-13	978-0-252-08891-9 / 9780252088919
Zustand	Neuware