Author: Wayne T. Frankie
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 806

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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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Category : Geology
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Pages : 96

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Pages : 192

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Category : Festivals
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Author: Christine des Garennes
Publisher: Moon Travel
ISBN: 9781566917032
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 472

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There are numerous guidebooks to Chicago, but a comprehensive guide to Illinois is certainly lacking on travel bookshelves. Local author Christine des Garennes guides history buffs, outdoor enthusiasts, wine aficionados, and shoppers alike through the rural and metropolitan destinations of the region: Ulysses S. Grant's home, Shawnee National Forest, wine boutiques, world-class department stores, antique shops, Chicago's Millennium Park, and The Art Institute of Chicago. Moon Handbooks Illinois helps you have truly personal experience, on or off the beaten path. Suggested travel strategies and lists of must-see sights provide you with real insights so you can decide where you should go, stay, and eat—without hassles or regrets. Christine details where to trek, climb, and mountain bike, and includes a wealth of information about the birds, animals, and plants of Illinois. Complete with maps, photographs, illustrations, and special emphasis on leading destinations, Moon Handbooks Illinois has the tools you need to create your own unique trip.

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Category : Automobile travel
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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Author: Michael Jeffords
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252096266
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 281

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Loaded with full color photographs and evocative descriptions, Exploring Nature in Illinois provides a panorama of the state's overlooked natural diversity. Naturalists Michael Jeffords and Susan Post explore fifty preserves, forests, restoration areas, and parks, bringing an expert view to wildlife and landscapes and looking beyond the obvious to uncover the unexpected beauty of Illinois's wild places. From the colorful variety of birds at War Bluff Valley Audubon Sanctuary to the exposed bedrock and cliff faces of Apple River Canyon, Exploring Nature in Illinois will inspire readers to explore wonders hidden from urban sprawl and cultivated farmland. Maps and descriptions help travelers access even hard-to-find sites while a wealth of detail and photography offers nature-lovers insights into the flora, fauna, and other aspects of vibrant settings and ecosystems. The authors also include diary entries describing their own impressions of and engagement with the sites. A unique and much-needed reference, Exploring Nature in Illinois will entertain and enlighten hikers, cyclers, students and scouts, morning walkers, weekend drivers, and anyone else seeking to get back to nature in the Prairie State.