Best hikes in James A. Reed Wildlife Area
Ambleway maps 14 hikes in James A. Reed Wildlife Area, from a 2.2-mile walk to a 5.7-mile day out. All of them score as wild, staying clear of roads and development for most of the route; the wildest is Coot Lake via Shawnee Trace Nature Trail. The biggest climb is Coot Lake via Shawnee Trace Nature Trail, gaining 163 ft, and the network tops out at 1,035 ft.
- Jackrabbit Lake–Plover Lake, 4 lakes 5.7 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Shawnee Trace Nature Viewpoint & Tanglewood Lake via Shawnee Trace Nature Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Lake Nell & Prairie Hollow Lake 3.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Prairie Hollow Lake 5.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Shawnee Trace Nature Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Pool 1 via Entrance Road 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Coot Lake via Shawnee Trace Nature Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Plover Lake 3.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Catclaw Lake–Jackrabbit Lake, 8 lakes 3.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Coot Lake & Honker Pond 4.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Tanglewood Lake 3 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Honker Pond 2.6 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Gopher Lake–Shawnee Trace Nature Viewpoint Loop, 4 lakes 2.2 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Bluestem Lake & Coot Lake Loop 2.4 mi · ▲ 28 ft