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The trail is 55 miles (89 km) long. The trail is suitable for both hiking and gravel cycling. The trail surface is crushed limestone. During the summer, the surface is hard packed and easily ridden on a road bicycle. However, at other times of the year, the trail may be soft and is better navigated on a gravel bike, mountain bike or hybrid.
The community was first known as Doe Run. It was incorporated on March 4, 1848, as Tunnelsville, and changed its name in 1856 to Tunnel Hill. Both names refer to the nearby 1,497-foot (456 m) Chetoogeta Mountain Tunnel railroad tunnel cut through Chetoogeta Mountain, officially dedicated on October 31, 1849 by Etowah steel-maker Mark A. Cooper on behalf of the state-owned Western & Atlantic ...
Herron has achieved success in trail running as well, with wins at various races including the JFK 50 Mile, [46] Bandera 100 km, Black Canyon 100 km, [47] Tunnel Hill 100 (course record), [48] Tarawera Ultramarathon 100 km and 100 miles (course records at both), and the Javelina Jundred (course record) [49] She won the Tarawera 100 Miler in a ...
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 in Johnson County; Van Buren Street Tunnel, streetcar tunnel, Van Buren Street under the Chicago River in Chicago, abandoned
Sep. 24—For about two decades, Tunnel Hill officials have labored to turn the city's historic railroad depot into a community center and tourist attraction. Now, that vision has become a reality.
50 miles (road/trail) 5:31:56 Courtney Olsen: 9 November 2024 Tunnel Hill 50 Mile Vienna, United States [123] 100 km: 7:00:48 Ann Trason United States September 16, 1995 IAU 100 km World Championships: Winschoten, Netherlands [124] 100 miles (road/trail) 12:42:40 Camille Herron: Nike November 11, 2017 Tunnel Hill 100 Vienna, United States [124 ...
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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.