Shawnee National Forest

172 Trails 198 POIs 17 Peaks 7 Campsites 3 Picnic Sites 3 Viewpoints

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Description

As Illinois’s only National Forest, Shawnee is located in the southern part of the state and contains seven wilderness areas, including the Garden of the Gods. Among the many miles of hiking trails in the forest is the River to River Trail, which is 160 mi (260 km) long.

Trails in the Hikepack map

  • 1610N
  • 2050 N Pope County Road
  • 76 (Illinois)
  • Bushwack Road
  • Bushyhead Path
  • Flat Woods Road
  • Gale McClure Road
  • Garden of the Gods Trail
  • Giant City Nature Trail
  • Grater Road
  • Hill Top Lane
  • Indian Point Trail
  • Inspiration Point
  • Landreth
  • Lean Bean Path
  • Little Grand Canyon Trail
  • Mill Branch Trail
  • Millstone Bluff Trail
  • Natural Bridge Trail
  • Panther Den Trail
  • Pomona Natural Bridge Trail
  • Ponds Hollow Trail
  • Pope County Road
  • R2R Guess 1
  • R2r guess 0
  • R2r guess 10
  • R2r guess 11
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  • R2r guess 19
  • R2r guess 2
  • R2r guess 24
  • R2r guess 28
  • R2r guess 28, Panther Den Trail
  • R2r guess 29
  • R2r guess 3
  • R2r guess 30
  • R2r guess 31
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  • R2r guess 33
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  • R2r guess 4
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  • R2r guess 41
  • R2r guess 5
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  • R2r guess 9
  • R2r guess a1
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  • R2r guess a4
  • R2r guess a9
  • Rim Rock Recreational Trail (lower)
  • Rim Rock Recreational Trail (upper)
  • River to River Segment 1 - E'Town to Garden of the Gods
  • River to River Segment 2 - Garden of the Gods to Eddyville
  • River to River Segment 3 - Eddyville to U.S. 45
  • River to River Segment 4 - U.S. 45 to Ferne Clyffe
  • River to River Segment 5 - Ferne Clyffe to Giant City
  • River to River Segment 6 - Giant City to Alto Pass
  • River to River Segment 7 - Alto Pass to Devil's Backbone
  • River to River Segment A - Battery Rock Alternate
  • River to River Trail
  • Saline Landing
  • Scatters Road
  • Tower Rock Road
  • Tunnel Hill State Trail

Attractions in the Hikepack map

  • Abbot
  • Abneyville Rock
  • Ace Perry Point
  • Allens Spring
  • Alto Pass
  • Bald Knob
  • Barker Bluff
  • Battle Axe Tower
  • Bay City
  • Bear Branch Horse Resort
  • Beaver Hill
  • Belt Hill
  • Benham Hill
  • Blessed Mother Garden Parking
  • Boskydell
  • Brokaw Hill
  • Brown Hill
  • Brownfield
  • Brownfield Bluff
  • Brownfield Post Office
  • Buck Knob
  • Burner Hill
  • CC Campground
  • Cadiz
  • Cave Hill
  • Cave In Rock State Park
  • Chalk Bluff
  • Chimney Rock
  • Colbert Hill
  • Crain
  • Crow Hill
  • Delwood
  • Deputy Hill
  • Derby
  • Dixon Springs
  • Drapers Bluff
  • Dry Hill
  • Eagle
  • Eddyville
  • Eichorn
  • Finneyville
  • Flatwoods
  • Fountain Bluff
  • Garden of the Gods
  • Giant City Campground
  • Gibsonia
  • Gilson Hills
  • Glendale
  • Glenn
  • Golconda
  • Golconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation Visitor Center Parking
  • Gold Hill
  • Government Rock
  • Gowins
  • Grantsburg
  • Grantsburg Post Office
  • Grassy Knob
  • Grimsby
  • Gross
  • Halsey
  • Halsey Junction
  • Hamburg Hill
  • Hamilton Hill
  • Hartsville
  • Herman Hill
  • Herod
  • Hicks
  • Hicks Dome
  • High Knob
  • Hilltop Hideaway
  • Hodgeville
  • Holmes Corner
  • Homberg
  • Horseshoe
  • Horseshoe Bluff
  • Horton Hill
  • Howardton
  • Howardton Junction
  • Humm Hill
  • Humm Wye
  • Inspiration Point
  • Iron Mountain
  • Island Hill
  • Italian Hill
  • Jackson Falls primitive camping.
  • Jims Hill
  • Julien Hill
  • Kaolin
  • Karbers Ridge
  • Karbers Ridge Post Office
  • Kedron
  • Keeling Hill
  • Lamb
  • Lavender Hill
  • Lead Hill
  • Leamington
  • Leisure City
  • Lewis Corner
  • Lick Creek
  • Lookout Rocks
  • Lovely Tower
  • Lusk
  • Maher Hill
  • Makanda
  • Matthews Junction
  • McCormick
  • McGee Hill
  • Melcher Hills
  • Milligan Hill
  • Millstone Bluff
  • Mountain Glen
  • Murray Bluff
  • Oak
  • Old Brownfield
  • Peach Barn B&B & Cafe
  • Peters Creek
  • Pine Knob
  • Pomona
  • Pomona Natural Bridge Trail
  • Poplar Ridge
  • Potato Hill
  • Pottsville
  • Pounds Escarpment
  • Primitive Campsite Jackson Falls
  • Railroad Rock
  • Rauchfuss Hill
  • Raum
  • Red Bud Campground
  • Renshaw
  • Rich Hill
  • Rising Sun
  • Robbs
  • Robbs Post Office
  • Rock
  • Rock Creek
  • Root Beer Saloon
  • Rosebud
  • Saline Landing
  • San Damiano Shrine Visitor Center
  • San Damiano Shrine Visitor Center Parking
  • Sand Hill
  • Sand Ridge
  • Shetlerville
  • Simpson
  • Sparks Hill
  • Spleef Peak
  • Stafford Bluff
  • Stone Face
  • Stone Fort
  • Stonefort Bluff
  • Sturgeon Hill
  • Swallow Rock
  • Tansill
  • Temple Hill
  • Temple Hill Post Office
  • Texas Junction
  • The Hall
  • Tower Rock Boat Launch
  • Tower Rock Campsite
  • Tucker Hill
  • Valley Mission
  • Vick Hill
  • Vinegar Jack Hill
  • Waltersburg
  • Wamble Mountain
  • War Bluff
  • Water Valley
  • Watkins Ford
  • Williams Hill

Copyright

The PDF and JPG maps are released by Hikepack under the Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Contains data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) under the Open Database License (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/). Topographic map based on elevation data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Aerial imagery available from the U.S. Geological Survey. Description text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License). Cover image ©Daniel Schwen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._National_Forests#/media/File:Garden_of_the_Gods_Sunset.jpg CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)