Little Calumet River Trail

Meh…
Not Bad little trail, I’m not a fan of how the start of it goes through a prairie OR the fact that there was a LOUD train rolling past said prairie. The trail did eventually go into the woods a bit. As I was walking, I was looking and looking for the trails namesake «The Little Calumet River» and eventually found it. Unfortunately there was a big sign that cautioned people about going in or around the river due to sewage contamination after any rain has occurred. Having read that sign, I decided that it’d be prudent not to go into the river like EVER.
It’s kinda sad… the river looked like it could have been a great little place to dip your feet. We humans have such a huge impact on our environment… no-​one seems to notice what we ruin in the process of our expansion. But, I digress… this is about the trail and not humanities inevitable ruination of natures beauty.
I enjoyed walking along the narrow trail, which was slightly overgrown unlike the prairie section which was VERY clean, well maintained and recently mowed. Colors were changing (Late September) and the woods were on fire, deep and bright reds, yellows and orange… just wow. Keep walking and you wind up at a small footbridge which crosses over the river and lends a nice photo opportunity. There’s a boardwalk which extends maybe a quarter mile at most, clean, maintained as much as is really necessary.
The last part of the trail gets tricky… here’s what I don’t like — there are no «This Way» signs. I came to a fork… looked left, looked right then, looked at the dogs. They picked left and I just hoped they were correct. They were not, we somehow wound up coming out at the main road (Howe St.) which leads to the trailhead. Not a big deal but I would have loved if I did NOT walk on a relatively busy road for the last ½ mile or so of my hike.
I can see coming back here sometime, but maybe only as a quick detour on the way Indiana Dunes.