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Illinois
North Pond Trail
0.7 mi
Distance
226 ft
Gain
17 min
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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North Pond Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 226 ft
- Elevation loss
- 226 ft
- Highest point
- 450 ft
- Lowest point
- 401 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Non-Governmental Organization
About this trail
North Pond Trail is a 1.38-mile out-and-back hike in Illinois with 226 feet of elevation gain and loss, reaching a maximum elevation of 450 feet.
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