Fall is in full swing, but there’s still time to get outside before winter hits. Journalist and naturalist Zack Nauth compiled a list of 20 midwest hiking trails to visit this season all over the prairies, marshes, valleys, and forests near Chicago. Host Jacoby Cochran talks with Nauth about his top picks from that list, what to expect on the trails, and his favorite things about hiking.

Places discussed:

Cap Sauers Holding Nature Preserve

Sag Valley Trail System

Swallow Cliff Woods

Lakewood Forest Preserves

Big Marsh 

Franklin Creek State Natural Area

Nachusa Grasslands

Salt Creek Woods Nature Preserve 

Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve

Illinois and Michigan Canal

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