Silver Lake features 4 miles of hiking trails near Highland, IL.
This trail, one of the lesser known ones in the area, is located near Highland, Illinois- about 35 miles NE of downtown St. Louis.<br /><br />The trail itself isn\'t very long. Only 4.5 miles out-and-back, but it includes a lot of fun little features along the way. It\'s tight and twisty, even more so than the SIUE trails, and there are many wooden bridges, including one that\'s a good 40 ft. in length, so there are plenty of chances to test your bike-handling skills. It follows the contours of Silver Lake, and then has a surprisingly exciting loop with some short climbs and fast descents, which puts you within earshot of I-70 before rejoining the main trail. (pasted from gorctrails.com)
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