Skip to content

Map Activities Discover Guides Trips Saves

A map of everywhere you can sleep outside in the U.S., with the weather and cell signal to match. Built to stay free.

Explore

Map
Hiking
State guides
Discover

Plan

Trip planner
My trips
Saves
Offline downloads

About

Privacy
Data deletion

© 2026 Roaming.Camp · Data from NPS, Recreation.gov, BLM, USFS, NWS, and the FCC.Operating on ceded ancestral land.Photography via Unsplash.

Leave it better than you found it.

Hike

West Rice Hollow

Ends at Buzzard Roost
Inside Shawnee National Forest

5.6 mi out & back · 880 ft gain · 851 ft high point · Moderate

In Shawnee National Forest · IL · U.S. Forest Service

About Elevation Highlights Map Camp near here More hikes

About this hike

This 5.6 mile out and back route reaches Buzzard Roost, climbing 880 feet in Shawnee National Forest.

Elevation

880 ft of gain round trip.

Camp near here

The closest places to sleep, measured from the trailhead.

See all on the map

6.7 mi from the trailhead
Camp Cadiz Campground
Campground

More hikes nearby

Ranked the same way, within twenty-five miles.

4 mi from you
Pounds Ridge
- Ends at Pounds Hollow Lake
- Inside Shawnee National Forest
- 1,530 ft of climbing
14.8 mi loop · 1,530 ft gain · Hard
Shawnee National Forest · Camp 5 mi away

Out: 520 ft up, returns the same way. Source: USGS 3DEP.

Highlights

What the trail reaches, measured from the start.

Buzzard RoostDestination · 2.8 mi in

Map

The route at the trailhead. Drag with two fingers, or hold a key to zoom.

Trail data: USFS, NPS, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Elevation: USGS 3DEP via Mapzen terrain tiles. Nearby reading: Wikipedia. Download the trail and feature data.

At a glance

Length: 5.6 mi
Shape: Out & back
Gain: 880 ft round trip
High point: 851 ft
Low point: 387 ft
Difficulty: ModerateFrom 5.6 mi and 880 ft of climbing
Managed by: U.S. Forest Service
State: IL
Camps within 15 mi: 1
Trailhead: 37.6239° N · 88.3518° W

Get directions Open the map

4 mi from you

Clayton Hollow

Ends at Pounds Hollow Lake
Inside Shawnee National Forest
1,408 ft of climbing

14.4 mi loop · 1,408 ft gain · Hard

Shawnee National Forest · Camp 5 mi away

Beaver Trail

Ends at Pounds Hollow Lake
Inside Shawnee National Forest
2,150 ft of climbing

18.4 mi out & back · 2,150 ft gain · Very hard

Shawnee National Forest · Camp under a mile away

River to River Segment 1 - E'Town to Garden of the Gods

Passes High Knob
2,671 ft of climbing

18.0 mi one way · 2,671 ft gain · Very hard

IL · Camp 10 mi away

Millstone Bluff

Summits Millstone Bluff
Inside Shawnee National Forest

0.8 mi out & back · 199 ft gain · Easy

Shawnee National Forest

High Knob Bluff

Summits High Knob
Inside Shawnee National Forest
1,344 ft of climbing

6.1 mi out & back · 1,344 ft gain · Moderate

Shawnee National Forest · Camp 5 mi away

More like this

Hikes that read like this one, wherever they are.

Buzzard Hollow
- Near Garden Of the Gods
- Inside Shawnee National Forest
4.6 mi out & back · 774 ft gain · Moderate
Shawnee National Forest · Camp 8 mi away
Rice Hollow
- Passes High Knob
- Inside Shawnee National Forest
- 1,002 ft of climbing
4.9 mi loop · 1,002 ft gain · Moderate
Shawnee National Forest · Camp 5 mi away
Buzzard Ridge Trail
- Inside Shawnee National Forest
2.2 mi out & back · 407 ft gain · Easy
Shawnee National Forest
Buzzard Point
- Ends at Buzzard Roost
- Inside Shawnee National Forest
0.9 mi loop · 55 ft gain · Easy
Shawnee National Forest · Camp 6 mi away

Weather

7-day forecast

Mon67°44°Patchy Fog
Tue70°45°Sunny
Wed70°46°Mostly Sunny
Thu54°34°Partly Sunny
Fri48°28°Mostly Sunny
Sat52°33°Sunny
Sun60°Sunny

Mon: Patchy Fog then Sunny · wind 3 mph W

National Weather Service · refreshed hourly

Signal

Cell coverage here

No carrier reports signal at this spot.

FCC coverage data · signal varies in remote terrain