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Illinois
HORSE CREEK
4.8 mi
Distance
1,765 ft
Gain
3h 33m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Shawnee National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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What's missing
No access route mapped
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HORSE CREEK
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 4.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,765 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,765 ft
- Highest point
- 763 ft
- Lowest point
- 435 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
HORSE CREEK is an 18.68-mile out-and-back trail in Illinois with 1,765 feet of elevation gain and loss. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 763 feet.
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