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| Trail Name | Lake Le Aqua Na State Park |
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| Web Site | Lake Le Aqua Na State Park |
| State, County, Nearest Town | Illinois, Stephenson County, Town of Lena |
| Terrain | Slightly rolling, wooded, with some open areas. |
| Trails | Very nicely maintained, wide wooded trails. 8.5 miles of trails. Some smaller offshoot trails if you wnat to do them. 2 creek crossings, very pretty scenery. |
| Facilities | Horse camping as well as regular campgrounds. Horse camp is a large grassy area completey surrounded by woods, trailers back up to the woods and horses are picketed in the trees for nice shade ect. There are very clean pit toilets, a pavillion with grill and a hand water pump for water. |
| What I liked most . . . | Very nice wide and well mantained trails, just a very pretty park. |
| What I liked least . . . | Could have a few more miles of trails but still enough to keep you entertained for the weekend. Also can not make reservations, it is first come basis. |
| Submitted by | Audrey Kawlewski |
| Date | 1/31/06 |
| Trail Name | Kinnickinick County Park |
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| Web Site | n/a |
| State, County, Nearest Town | Illinois, Boone County, Town of Caledonia |
| Terrain | Wooded with a couple open areas slightly rolling in some areas. |
| Trails | Very nice easy to follow trail, you have 2 creek crossings which are wide so the horses can not jump them they have to go through. About 2 hours to ride the park at a walk. 2 creek crossings, very pretty scenery. |
| Facilities | Horse trailer parking area, with a couple hitching posts adn a couple of picnic tables. No camping allowed, and no bathrooms in the horse parking area. |
| What I liked most . . . | Nice and close to home and it's a very pretty little park to ride. |
| What I liked least . . . | Needs pit toilets in the horse parking area. |
| Submitted by | Audrey Kawlewski |
| Date | 2/15/2006 |
| Trail Name | Jubilee College State Park |
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| Web Site | Jubilee College State Park |
| State, County, Nearest Town | Illinois, Peoria County, Town of Brimfield |
| Terrain | A mix of everything, flat, hilly, open wooded. |
| Trails | There are so many trails there, they have main trails and so many little off shoot trails so you can pick the type of terrain you want to ride. There is water crossings, I'm not sure of how many miles of trails. |
| Facilities | The horse camp area is very nice. There is a large wooded circle in the middle that you can camp in and then there is also the whole outer circle to camp. They have picket line poles set up at the sites, nice fire pit/grills water available at the pump and a manure pit. |
| What I liked most . . . | Very pretty scenery and nice riding, and nice camping area. |
| What I liked least . . . | We went very late in the year and woke up one morning to bow hunters going into the woods. |
| Submitted by | Audrey Kawlewski |
| Date | 2/15/2006 |
| Trail Name | Bay Creek Ranch |
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| Web Site | Bay Creek Ranch |
| State, County, Nearest Town | Illinois |
| Terrain | Slightly rolling, wooded, huge 2 story boulders, some rocky trails, some muddy areas in the spring. |
| Trails | Narrow wooded trails. Many creek crossings, very pretty scenery. Many huge boulders to walk around. Two nice falls area. Cave and civil war gravesite, |
| Facilities | Several electric with water sites. Very clean bath house, Lodge available for rent for those without living quarters. Restaurant with excellent meals. Easy drive to Interstate. Pens and stalls available for horses. Panels available to put up pen close to campsite. |
| What I liked most . . . | Good friendly guides to show trails which are not marked very well. They are working on labeling them with GPS markings. . |
| What I liked least . . . | Trails not marked. |
| Trail Name | Shawnee National Forest |
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| Web Site | Shawnee National Forest |
| State, County, Nearest Town | Eddyville, Illinois |
| Terrain | Very rocky, steep inclines, not for the timid or young rider. Beautiful area. Long trails. Easy to get lost, so a good map and a GPS are good things to have with you. |
| Trails | The numbering system can be a little confusing. But it's a very pretty area to ride in. We stayed at Hayes Canyon, Eddyville. Pretty camp ground. |
| Facilities | Some sites have all the good stuff, electric, water, sewer. The showers are wonderful. There is a nice big room to use for rainy times. |
| What I liked most . . . | The pretty trails, lots of small water crossings, variety of the trails. |
| What I liked least . . . | The camp sites can be a bit of a challenge to get parked in. Not real level, and small. |
| Submitted by | Diane Papcke Finney |
| Date | 11/1/07 |