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The Bloomingdale Trail is a 2.7-mile (4.3 km) elevated rail trail linear park running east–west on the northwest side of Chicago. It is the longest greenway project of a former elevated rail line in the Western Hemisphere, and the second longest in the world, after the Promenade plantee linear park in Paris. In 2015, the City of Chicago ...
Tahkuna Nature Reserve. Hiiumaa is an island in Estonia located north of Saaremaa in the Baltic Sea. It is the northernmost island in the Muhu archipelago, which includes Saaremaa and Muhu. [4] Hiiumaa has a low relief (up to 68 m above sea level) [5] and is mostly formed of limestone, that is exposed in cliffs around parts of the island's ...
Tahkuna Nature Reserve is a nature reserve situated on Hiiumaa in western Estonia, in Hiiu County. The 1,869 hectare Tahkuna nature reserve has been created in order to protect areas of forest which have remained largely unaffected by human activity. The nature reserve also incorporates Estonia's largest single habitat of yew, dune forests and ...
Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Conservation Area (Estonian: Hiiumaa laidude maastikukaitseala) is a protected area situated in Hiiu County, Estonia. Its area is 3224 ha. [2] With Käina Bay, there is designated a Ramsar site called Hiiumaa Islets and Käina Bay. The area of this Ramsar site is 17,000 ha. [3]
State parks are owned by the state and generally administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. [3] Specifically, “State Park” refers to sites “exhibiting exceptional scenic and natural features and terrain” and that “offer a wide range of recreational opportunities for the public to enjoy”.
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Today, the park's Marsh Loop Trail passes over part of the bed of the vanished lake. Underneath the clay were thin veins of coal, dug from the beginning by the farmers and potters for local use. In the second half of the 1800s, regional coal mining increased to supply fuel to the growing city of Chicago.
The Major Taylor Trail is a 8.1-mile-long (13.0 km) partial shared-use path for walking, jogging, skateboarding, and cycling, located in the southside of Chicago, Illinois. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] See also