Hiking With Shawn

09/29/2024

Hiking One Horse Gap in the Shawnee National Forest is always a treat!

09/29/2024

Ferne Clyffe 75th Anniversary Merch Still Available!

I've been busy restocking the Ferne Clyffe 75th Anniversary t-shirts. The other FC shirts are still a little low but getting there!

09/29/2024

Need a job? IDNR is hiring!

IDNR is hiring a site assistant superintendent for a new off-highway vehicle park at Sahara Woods State Recreation Area in Saline County in southern Illinois. The OHV park is not yet open to the public.

The site assistant superintendent will maintain and provide upkeep for OHV trails and OHV facilities, issue, and remit camping permits, assist in daily registration and sign in of OHV park visitors, and provide input on budgetary recommendations.

Deadline to apply is Oct. 9. To read the full job description, requirements, and instructions for applying, visit https://illinois.jobs2web.com/job/Equality-SITE-ASSISTANT-SUPERINTENDENT-I-IL-62934/1216994600/

09/29/2024

Do you ever volunteer to do trail work?

09/29/2024

Hotel California at Land Between the Lakes

Hotel California is an old home that belonged to a riverboat captain before TVA took over the land to make the lake. It is one of the few last standing struc...

09/28/2024

Sunflowers 🌻

09/28/2024

Went and checked out the PTF-26 at the Marina in Golconda!

09/28/2024

Who bikes?

09/28/2024

Ghost Town Exploration | Parker City, Illinois | Tunnel Hill State Trail

On this Ghost Town Exploration, I explore a portion of Parker City, Illinois with some old foundations and other items present. This is along the Tunnel Hill...

09/27/2024

Isn’t this pretty?

09/27/2024

Enjoying the views up on Trigg Tower in the Shawnee National Forest.

09/27/2024

Hey Bear!!!

While hiking the Spruce Flat Falls trail at the Great Smoky Mountains Tremont Institute, we encounter a black bear. The waterfall and trail were amazing but ...

09/27/2024

What’s your outdoor plans for the weekend?

09/27/2024

Biking the Tunnel Hill State Trail in Southern Illinois

Join me on this special edition of Hiking With Shawn… Biking With Shawn… Today we bike the Tunnel Hill State Trail from Tunnel Hill to New Burnside, Illinois...

09/26/2024

Enjoy a walk through the flowers at Rendleman Orchards

09/26/2024

One of the new selfie signs at Trigg Tower in the Shawnee National Forest! Even had a cool critter enjoying it!

09/26/2024

Let’s see a happy hiking selfie!

09/26/2024

The Ghost Town of Progress, Illinois on the River to River Trail

Progress, Illinois is now a ghost town hidden within the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge and around the SIU-C Touch of Nature property along the River ...

09/25/2024

Who’s going?

Come enjoy FREE entry, FREE carnival rides + FREE live music this October 5th at the 4th annual Shawnee Sasquatch Festival here in Harrisburg, IL! Tons of vendors, food trucks, Run Like A Squatch 5k, a Squatch expert roundtable, the Unique Auto car show, face painting, Artsco art show & award ceremony, and even Squatch calling contests for kids & adults (winners win $100!). There's something for everyone and parking is FREE throughout the city.

09/25/2024

Cummins Falls State Park in Tennessee!

09/25/2024

Have you ever been on a Quiet Walkway?

The Great Smoky Mountains are littered with hiking trails that are called a quiet walkway. A quiet walkway like this one (Thunderhead Prong near Cades Cove) ...