by Hiking With Shawn | Jan 8, 2023 | Hiking Tips
Adopt Your Favorite Trail Have you ever wanted to adopt your favorite trail? Guess what! You don’t have to ask for permission. Just do it. I mean, you have to have permission to do maintenance on the trail that would be big enough to need tools, saws, and stuff like...
by Hiking With Shawn | Jan 7, 2023 | Hiking Tips
Garden of the Gods Settlement: Chasing Stories Series We found a Garden of the Gods Settlement not too long ago that all started with a story on social media. Welcome to a new article series where I blog about exploration and adventure in the Shawnee National Forest...
by Hiking With Shawn | Jan 6, 2023 | Hiking Tips
10 Best Shawnee Forest Towns to Visit Are you looking for the best Shawnee Forest towns to visit this year to add to your adventures? Then you’ve clicked on the right article. I live in Southern Illinois. I live minutes away from the Shawnee National Forest. I’m...
by Hiking With Shawn | Jan 5, 2023 | Hiking Tips
10 Shawnee Forest Hidden Gems You Need To See Are you searching for Shawnee Forest hidden gems? You’ve come to the right place. I am Hiking with Shawn, after all. I go hiking every chance I get, and it is my goal to almost every acre of the nearly 300,000 acres of...
by Hiking With Shawn | Jan 4, 2023 | Hiking Tips
Community Hikes In 2023, I want to start Community Hikes as a new feature of Hiking with Shawn. Community Hikes will be planned group hikes that you register to join. These hikes will be free to the community. The community is anyone who wants to hike, no matter where...
by Hiking With Shawn | Jan 3, 2023 | Hiking Tips
First Hike of 2023 Where was your first hike of 2023? We decided to hit the trail at Piney Creek Ravine for our first hike of the year. We went with a small group. Some had been there before. Others have never been there. We were hoping for a lot of waterfall...
