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The Tunnel Hill State Trail is a bicycle trail running from Eldorado to Karnak, Illinois. The trail runs along the former bed of a part of the Cairo and Vincennes Railroad , a transportation unit led during its early years by Civil War General Ambrose Burnside .
Tunnel Hill is an unincorporated community in northwestern Johnson County, Illinois. It is best known for its namesake railroad tunnel that gives the name to the Tunnel Hill State Trail , a rails-to-trails project developed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
The Tunnel Hill State Trail trail-head and headquarters is located in Vienna. The Trail of Tears halfway point commemorative totem and flags are located in the adjacent city park. Vienna is home to the Johnson County Courthouse and the Vienna Public Library, which are on the National Register of Historic Places.
State Street Subway, rail transit tunnel, 1943, 4.9 miles (7.9 km) long, CTA 'L' Red Line under State Street in Chicago; Tunnel Hill State Trail tunnel, abandoned rail tunnel, 543-foot-long (166 m) former Cairo and Vincennes Railroad tunnel now part of Tunnel Hill State Trail, used as a hiking and bike rail trail, between Tunnel Hill and Vienna ...
Tunnel Hill State Trail; Ferne Clyffe State Park; Panther Den Wilderness; Crab Orchard Wilderness; Giant City State Park; Makanda, Illinois; Bald Knob Wilderness; Clear Springs Wilderness; Grand Tower, Illinois; The River to River Trail Society has published a guidebook to the trail's campsites, orientation, safe water sources, and other useful ...
Belknap is located in southern Johnson County at (37.323620, -88.940579 The village is situated in the Cache River basin northeast of Karnak and southwest of Vienna.The Heron Pond – Little Black Slough Nature Preserve lies to the north of Belknap, and the 45-mile (72 km) Tunnel Hill State Trail passes through the village.
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More recently, the Tunnel Hill State Trail for bicycles was built along the abandoned line. The village was founded in 1872, and was a Cairo and Vincennes Railroad boom-town. Much of its founding was based on the same coal mining industry that grew Harrisburg and Carrier Mills , but slowly turned to an orchard-based economy by 1900.