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Day Hiking Burden Falls Wilderness Iron Bridge Hike

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Location
Metropolis, Illinois
Trail/Route Name
Burden Falls Wilderness
Date of Hike
11/9/24
Mileage
5.2
Difficulty Level
Moderate
Trip Rating
4.00 star(s)
Trail Conditions
Horse trails. Under maintained. Grown up in the summer.
This is a hike on some not-as-traveled trail system in Burden Falls Wilderness in the Shawnee National Forest.

The trailhead is located at: 37.569811, -88.634318

The iron bridge is at: 37.58592, -88.65457

Along this hike, you'll enjoy old settlement, old roads, bluffs, scenic creeks, wildflowers, and the old iron bridge that people use to use to cross the Little Saline River back when the wilderness was communities and farms. The bridge is no longer crossable.

This is an out-and-back hike with around 600 feet of elevation gain.
 

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