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- The Palos Forest Preserve, a division of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, is a 15,000 acre nature reserve in Palos Township, Illinois. The division headquarters are in Willow Springs. The preserve features the Palos Trail System. This multi-trail system is the largest trail system in the forest preserve district. There are over 40 miles of unpaved trails and they all connect to each other by the many intersections. The longest of these trails is labeled “Yellow Unpaved” with a 9.2 mile distance, and the shortest is labeled “Brown Unpaved” with a 1.1 mile distance. These trails are made for hiking, bicycle riding, horseback riding, and even skiing in the winter. There are 16 entrances to the Palos Trail System and it's open from dawn to dusk everyday along with the whole forest preserve system. In 2021, the Palos Preserves were designated an Urban Night Sky Place by the International Dark-Sky Association, the largest such Urban Night Sky Place designation in the world. (en)
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- The Palos Forest Preserve, a division of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, is a 15,000 acre nature reserve in Palos Township, Illinois. The division headquarters are in Willow Springs. The preserve features the Palos Trail System. This multi-trail system is the largest trail system in the forest preserve district. There are over 40 miles of unpaved trails and they all connect to each other by the many intersections. The longest of these trails is labeled “Yellow Unpaved” with a 9.2 mile distance, and the shortest is labeled “Brown Unpaved” with a 1.1 mile distance. These trails are made for hiking, bicycle riding, horseback riding, and even skiing in the winter. There are 16 entrances to the Palos Trail System and it's open from dawn to dusk everyday along with the whole forest (en)
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