Hikes near Evanston, Illinois
Ambleway maps 729 hikes within 60 miles of Evanston. The wildest is Johnson's Hill–Dunes Nature Preserve Beach, 5 beaches at 69% wild, 43 miles out in Indiana Dunes State Park. Nothing within 5 miles of the centre scores as wild; the nearest that does is Yellow Unpaved Trail, 23 miles out.
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Hikes
A short drive · 5–25 miles
Longjohn Slough–Tomahawk Slough, 6 sights
25 mi away · 5.1 mi · ▲ 82 ft
Tan Unpaved Trail
24 mi away · 3.7 mi · ▲ 110 ft
Yellow Unpaved Trail
23 mi away · 6.3 mi · ▲ 86 ft
Worth the drive · 25–60 miles
Johnson's Hill–Dunes Nature Preserve Beach, 5 beaches
43 mi away · 6 mi · ▲ 36 ft
Mount Morse–Paradise Valley, 6 beaches
42 mi away · 6.4 mi · ▲ 91 ft
Twin Oaks Trail Loop
49 mi away · 5.3 mi · ▲ 53 ft
Fort Hill–Dunes Nature Preserve Beach, 8 beaches
43 mi away · 7.9 mi · ▲ 60 ft
Hough Pond
53 mi away · 2.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft
Mount Holden–Dunes Nature Preserve Beach Loop, 5 sights
42 mi away · 2.5 mi · ▲ 241 ft
Ballou Road Access Trail & Wauponsee Glacial Trail
53 mi away · 10.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
Ed's Oasis–Companion Oak, 4 sights
50 mi away · 1.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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Gateway Plaza Fountain & North Shore Channel Trail
4 mi away · 3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Valley Line Trail
3 mi away · 4.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
North Shore Channel Trail
2 mi away · 2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Oakhill Annex #2 via Valley Line Trail
3 mi away · 3.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
North Branch Red Paved Trail
5 mi away · 2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Evanston-Wilmette Community Trail
1 mi away · 2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Valley Line Trail via Sauganash Trail
4 mi away · 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Harms Woods–Harms Woods East, 4 groves
4 mi away · 1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Cranberry Slough–Boomerang Slough Loop, 3 lakes
23 mi away · 4.7 mi · ▲ 85 ft
Pond 2–Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve Beach, 3 beaches
13 mi away · 2.2 mi · ▲ 121 ft
Centennial Yellow Paved Trail & John Husar I&M Canal Paved Trail
23 mi away · 13 mi · ▲ 60 ft
Sag Quarry West–Cal-Sag Trail, 3 sights
23 mi away · 9.7 mi · ▲ 159 ft
Belly Deep Slough–Cranberry Slough Loop, 8 lakes
24 mi away · 4.7 mi · ▲ 109 ft