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SaveThe Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie was established in 1996 on the former Joliet Arsenal. It is the first national tallgrass prairie in the country. Midewin represents a major effort to restore 20,000 acres of farm and industrial land to a unique American landscape and the complex ecology of the prairie. This also makes Midewin the largest open space in the Chicago metropolitan area and northeastern Illinois and the largest tallgrass prairie restoration effort east of the Mississippi River.
Midewin (pronounced mi-DAY-win) is the name of the Grand Medicine Society of the Anishinaabeg, which includes the Potawatomi (Bodéwadmik) people who were historic residents of this part of Illinois.
The entire property is being reconfigured and many of the old roads are being deconstructed and reclaimed. New trails are being planned and they will be build over the next ten years.
Midewin (pronounced mi-DAY-win) is the name of the Grand Medicine Society of the Anishinaabeg, which includes the Potawatomi (Bodéwadmik) people who were historic residents of this part of Illinois.
The entire property is being reconfigured and many of the old roads are being deconstructed and reclaimed. New trails are being planned and they will be build over the next ten years.
source: Midewin Tallgrass Prairie
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Region Supporters & Maintainers
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- Mountain Bike
39 trails
- E-Bike
0 trails
- Horse
34 trails
- Hike
55 trails
- Trail Running
55 trails
Region Details
- 39
Region Status
Open as of Jan 11, 2025Stats
- Trails (view details)
- 55
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 39
- Trails Horse
- 34
- Trails Hike
- 55
- Trails Trail Running
- 55
- Trails Snowshoe
- 53
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 53
- Total Distance
- 35 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 8 miles
- Total Descent
- 310 ft
- Total Vertical
- 172 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 697 ft
- Reports
- 1
- Photos
- 9
- Ridden Counter
- 116
Popular Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie Trails
Photos of Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie Mountain Bike
trail: Henslow Trail
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Aug 19, 2021 @ 10:04am
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trail: Henslow Trail
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Aug 19, 2021 @ 10:01am
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trail: Henslow Trail
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Aug 19, 2021 @ 10:01am
Aug 19, 2021
trail: Henslow Trail
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Aug 19, 2021 @ 10:01am
Aug 19, 2021
trail: Bailey Bridge Trail
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Aug 3, 2021 @ 7:43am
Aug 3, 2021
trail: Bailey Bridge Trail
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Aug 3, 2021 @ 7:43am
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trail: Bailey Bridge Trail
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Aug 3, 2021 @ 7:43am
Aug 3, 2021
trail: Bailey Bridge Trail
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Aug 3, 2021 @ 7:43am
Aug 3, 2021Recent Trail Reports
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Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PlumbBobM | update | region | activity #42828545 | Aug 11, 2023 @ 5:54pm Aug 11, 2023 |
| PlumbBobM | update | region | activity #42827018 | Aug 11, 2023 @ 2:05pm Aug 11, 2023 |
| PlumbBobM | add | trail | activity #42679289 and 3 more | Aug 7, 2023 @ 11:45am Aug 7, 2023 |
| PlumbBobM | add | poi | activity #42679069 and 3 more | Aug 7, 2023 @ 11:39am Aug 7, 2023 |
| PlumbBobM | update | poi | activity #42678484 | Aug 7, 2023 @ 11:24am Aug 7, 2023 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wauponsee Glacial Trail - Symerton Access | 5.1 km | ||||
| McKinley Woods | 5.8 km | ||||
| Wauponsee Glacial Trail - Midewin-Wauponsee Trailhead | 6.1 km | ||||
| Channahon State Park | 6.2 km | ||||
| Central Park | 6.4 km |
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joliet MX | skill park | Elwood |
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 39 | 24 miles | 184 ft | 6 miles | 144 ft | #12,623 | #5,270 | 9 | 1 | 29 | ||
| Horse | 34 | 20 miles | 157 ft | 6 miles | 144 ft | #1,216 | #847 | |||||
| Hike | 55 | 35 miles | 308 ft | 8 miles | 171 ft | #11,593 | #5,214 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Trail Running | 55 | 35 miles | 308 ft | 8 miles | 171 ft | #11,516 | #5,159 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Snowshoe | 53 | 34 miles | 308 ft | 8 miles | 171 ft | |||||||
| Nordic Ski | 53 | 34 miles | 308 ft | 8 miles | 171 ft |
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