Hikes near Des Plaines, Illinois
Ambleway maps 743 hikes within 60 miles of Des Plaines. The wildest is Johnson's Hill–Dunes Nature Preserve Beach, 5 beaches at 69% wild, 51 miles out in Indiana Dunes State Park. Nothing within 5 miles of the centre scores as wild; the nearest that does is Central Trail, 19 miles out.
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Hikes
A short drive · 5–25 miles
Pond Loop 0.44mi()
23 mi away · 1.9 mi · ▲ 154 ft
Longjohn Slough–Tomahawk Slough, 6 sights
22 mi away · 5.1 mi · ▲ 82 ft
Saganashkee Slough–Tomahawk Slough, 5 lakes
22 mi away · 3.1 mi · ▲ 112 ft
Tomahawk Slough–Bullfrog Lake Loop, 6 sights
22 mi away · 2.9 mi · ▲ 81 ft
Central Trail
19 mi away · 2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Maple Lake–Tomahawk Slough, 5 sights
22 mi away · 6.5 mi · ▲ 166 ft
Paw Paw Woods Nature Preserve–Maple Lake Loop, 6 lakes
22 mi away · 1.3 mi · ▲ 81 ft
Long Loop–Short Loop, 3 sights
24 mi away · 2.3 mi · ▲ 112 ft
Worth the drive · 25–60 miles
Johnson's Hill–Dunes Nature Preserve Beach, 5 beaches
51 mi away · 6 mi · ▲ 36 ft
Mount Morse–Paradise Valley, 6 beaches
49 mi away · 6.4 mi · ▲ 91 ft
Orange Trail
56 mi away · 3.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft
Twin Oaks Trail Loop
45 mi away · 5.3 mi · ▲ 53 ft
Fort Hill–Dunes Nature Preserve Beach, 8 beaches
51 mi away · 7.9 mi · ▲ 60 ft
Hough Pond
58 mi away · 2.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft
Mount Holden–Dunes Nature Preserve Beach Loop, 5 sights
50 mi away · 2.5 mi · ▲ 241 ft
Tichigan Lake
57 mi away · 2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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Lake Avenue Woods–Dam No. 2 Woods, 5 groves
4 mi away · 9.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Saint Paul Woods–Miami Woods, 3 groves
5 mi away · 4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Prospect Heights Bike Trail
4 mi away · 2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Bunker North Flatwoods–Sidney Yates Flatwoods, 3 groves
5 mi away · 2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Dam Number 4 South Woods & Des Plaines River Trail YellowUnaved via Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved
4 mi away · 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Dam No. 2 Woods via Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved
2 mi away · 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Rand Road Bikeway
1 mi away · 2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved
3 mi away · 2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft