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Nice places for hiking/picnic 1.5 hr (max) away from chicago? |
Travel Info are there any nice places for hiking/picnic 1.5 hr away from chicago? please tell me the name of the park/area and how far it is. ideally it would also have canoeing on a lake, or something fun like that. thanks! Travel Tips Starved Rock State Park and Matthiasen State Park, about 70 miles west of the city, have excellent hiking trails, some of which are surprisingly strenuous - there are actual hills! Others Starved Rock is a great place for hiking. It is near Utica, about 1.5 hours from Chicago. Go to REI in Oakbrook Terrace or call them (630) 574-7700 they will tell you everything you want to know about hiking/outdoors in the Chicago area. I am sure they have books with some pictures of places you may want to go to. The site below has about 15 locations for canoe rental. The first ones are within your travel max: http://www.compuwerx.com/canoe/... REI is a great resource for not only gear and clothes but also info and maps. An above answerer gives the Oakbrook info. there is another store recently moved to Northbrook: Northbrook 888 Willow Rd Northbrook, IL 60062 (847) 480-1938 Kankakee River State park.. Beautiful park, Hiking, fishing,canoeing, camping, swimming. Everything you could be looking for. Only 1 hour south of Chicago. Lived in area for over 40 years. Spent lots of time at the park. starved rock. it may be a little further but well worth it. also the il river state park is near there to. take 80W. |
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