My wife, two kids (12 and 7) and I will be in Cave in Rock State Park in southern Illinois next week. We have booked a cabin for the first night, and then I'd love to get out on easy trails in the adjacent Garden of the Gods for 2 -3 nights. We won't want to cover a lot of distance, and won't mind spending multiple nights in one spot. But I'd love to find a location or two that's got a great feel to it, nearby features that will be cool to check out, and not too hard to get it from our starting point at Cave in Rock.
Any specific suggestions for trail heads and camping spots? Nighttime temps are currently forecast to be around 40F, and since I only have two underquilts, at least two of may end up going to ground. Formal campgrounds would be fine. But even better would be backcountry spots withing 3 -4 miles of a trailhead, and that aren't likely to have much traffic, especially horse traffic.
Thanks for any suggestions!
Jack
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