Wabash County High Point Trip Report
Date: December 16, 2001
Author: Tim Worth
This is another one I scouted in September. From Albion, IL, travel east on IL 15 for about 12 miles. Make a
left (north) at the intersection near the small town of Maud (700E). Travel north for about 7 miles on 700E,
an okay gravel road. Pass 1950N at 6.5 miles, then look for a small lake and a whitish house on the right(east) about 1 mile later,
just at the point the road begins to bend left (west). No one was home to grant permission, and the
area near the house was fenced, so I decided to approach from the south instead.
Go back south down 700E to 1950N, take a left (east). On the left, look for a lot with a small staircase
going to a house which no longer exists. Park at a fence/tree line about 0.2 mile down 1950E on the left. Hike
north along the tree line, which eventually turns into a wider forested area. The bushwhacking is fairly
rough here, with thorn bushes at every turn. Continue about 0.6 mile north, look for a hunters blind nearby,
then cross two barbed wire fences in the forest, and come to a cornfield surrounded by forest on the north,
south, and east sides.
The two high areas are in this field. Area #1 is just to the east of a noticeable drainage ditch not shown on
the topo. Area #2 is south of this, about where I finally came out of the woods. It looked like there may be
a third area just west of these two, though this may be considered part of the first area's contour.
Return the same way you came. About 1.2 miles round trip hike. I suspect approaching these HPs from the
west may be easier.
Topo chart