Best Hikes Near Chicago

Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike? In Best Hikes Near Chicago author Adam Morgan details the best hikes within an hour's drive of the greater Chicago area perfect for the urban and suburbanite hard-pressed to find great outdoor activities close to home. Each featured hike includes detailed hike specs, a brief hike description, trailhead location, directional cues, and a detailed map.

Adam Morgan is a writer, editor, and reviewer in Chicago whose television pilot script Liberal Arts won the 2009 New York Television Festival's Comedy Script Contest and is currently in development at Fox. He also contributes to Publishers Weekly and Bookslut and edited the past two issues of Chicago's Oyez Review.