The Deer Grove Unpaved "Mountain" Bike Trail -
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Back into the woods on a fairly flat soft dirt section...
I'm not sure how or why, but there are a couple of picnic tables out here... Actually it
is a great place for a rest or a snack.... maybe even a picnic, if you are really up for
that... It is fairly private, but you do have bikers and hikers out here on nice days...
Another one of the "letter" markers... ("D"). This is looking back (at
the sign) after a pretty steep drop off...
This is a little hard to see in the picture and with the leaves, but it is a stone
bridge. What I think is interesting about this is... How did they build this way
back in the woods? This is a pretty remote location, currently only accessible by the dirt
hiking/biking path... Who paid for it? How did they get the stones out here???
Back on the trail again... BTW: You can get lost back here...
Eventually you will make your way out again, but it can take quite a while if you really
get turned around... If you are going to explore a lot, you may want to review the forest
preserve trail system maps that I linked to at the start of this article... (The site is
fpdcc.com if you missed it). There are also a few good large maps in the Forest Preserve.
I know there is a good color one at the toboggan slide area.
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