Iroquois Park Switchback Trail – CLOSED

August 18, 2016

Explore Iroquois Park!

The Switchback Trail is permanently closed due to severe erosion. Please protect and respect your Park by not attempting to use the Switchback Trail. THANK YOU!!!

Recommended alternate walking routes to the summit include:

Sullivan Grove Trail (OPEN)
Olmsted Woodland Trail (OPEN)
Corbly Path (Currently CLOSED for rehabilitation but will re-open fall of 2016.)

The Corbly Path Rehabilitation Project will stabilize and widen the walking surface, improve drainage, and reduce erosion along the steepest sections of the path.

More information available at bestparksever.com

These trails are not ADA accessible.

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