I & M Canal ride report Ottawa to Lasalle-Peru with photos
I & M Canal ride report Mc Kinley Woods (Channahon to Aux Sable aqueduct) with photos

GITAP Bike Tour   Gitap 2004 Photos    Gitap 2005 Photos
Grand Illinois Trail 2000 David Johnsen

Other Illinois links at the bottom of this page

Now available to Illinois motorists Bicycle Plates – reserve yours today!

 

Northeast Trails                     (If any trails are closed to bikes please let me know.)

Arie Crown F.P. (Directions)
Map		 Illinois Prairie Path
Prairie Path Map
Prairie Path History		 Van Patten Woods Lake County
Buffalo Creek Lake County I & M Canal 
Archer Ave. & Market St. (Directions)
Map		 Virgil Gilman Trail
Aurora/Montgomery
Busse Woods Map I & M Canal

I & M Canal Romeoville to Joliet FPDWC
I & M Virtual tour
Map (DNR) pdf
Map West and East (DNR)

 Volo Bog (Directions)
Map
Volo bog is now closed to bikes
Chain O Lakes S.P. Trail Spring Grove Map
Description		 Lake Katherine N.P.
Palos Heights (Directions)
Map		 Waterfall Glen Darien (New URL)
Chicago Lakefront Path
North Section
South Section		 Lisle Bike Paths
Lisle Bike Path Map
Lisle Green Trails Map		 Wheaton Ecobelt (Directions)
Map
Churchill Woods Glen Ellyn (Directions)
Map		 Long Prairie Trail Zion Bike Path (Directions)
Map
Crystal Lake
Veteran Acres Park and Sterne's woods (Directions)
Map		 Lyons Woods Lake County Libertyville Bike Path
Cuba Marsh Lake County Marengo Ridge Conservation Area
Harvard (Directions)
Map		 Joliet / Lockport Centennial Trail

 
Danada Forest Preserve Wheaton (Directions)
Map		 Matthiessen S.P. Utica (Directions)
Map		 Calumet Forest Preserve Eastern Map
West Map
DesPlaines River Trail
North of Libertyville (Directions)
Map		 Mc Kinley Woods
Channahon (Directions)
Map  FPDWC Map		 Blackwell Forest Preserve (Winfield)
DesPlaines River Trail
Potowanami Woods
Southern section (Directions)
Map		 Messenger Woods N.P. No bikes
Joliet/Lockport (Directions)
Map		 Oswegoland Park District
Trail Map
DesPlaines River Trail
Wisc border to Gurnee Woods (Directions)
Map		 Moraine Hills S.P.
Mc Henry (Directions)
Map		 Woodridge Bike Paths
DesPlaines Trail Lake County South 
Map

Will County FP Trail Maps
Downers Grove Lyman Woods
Is now closed to bicycles		 Moraine Hills Mc Henry Rock Run Trail Black Rd. Joliet
Rock Run Trail I & M to McDonough
Rock Run Trail Theodore Marsh
Fermilab Batavia (Directions)
Map		 Ned Brown Preserve
Rolling Meadows (Directions)
Map		 Joliet Iron Works
Fox River Trail   
Fox Valley Park District Map   
  Ride report		 North Branch Trail
Chicago (Directions)
Map		 Joliet Junction Trail Map
Fox River Trail N (Directions)
Map		 North Shore Bike Path
Lake Bluff (Directions)
Map		 Waubonsee Trail Joliet
Connects the I & M trail to the
Joliet Junction Trail
Fox River Trail S (Directions)
Map		 Oak Brook Bike Trail (Directions)
Map		 Homer Trails
Glacial Park Richmond (Directions)
Map		 Oakhurst F.P. Aurora (Directions)
Map		 Lake Renwick Heron Rookery
Goose Lake Morris (Directions)
Map		 Old Plank Rd. Trail website
Maps
Old Plank Rd. Trail Map
Description
Grant Woods Lake County Old School F.P. Lake County
Great Western Trail 
St. Charles to Sycamore
Ride Report		 Palos Preserve Trails (Directions)
Map
Cambr map		  

Great Western Trail
DuPage County		 Pratts Wayne Woods Forest Preserve Map Prairie Trail McHenry County
large pdf file
 
  Ryerson Woods F.P. Lake County
Green Bay Trail Highland Park (Directions)
Map		 Salt Creek & Bemis Woods
North of Western Springs (Directions)
Map
Salt Creek The Chicago Portage Map
Greene Valley Forest Preserve Map (New URL) Starved Rock Eastern Section (Directions)
Map
Closed to bikes
Bikes only allowed on Horse trails in
Matthiessen S.P. Utica
Hammel Woods Joliet (Directions)
Map
FPDWC Map		 Starved Rock West Section (Directions)
Map
Closed to bikes
Bikes only allowed on Horse trails in
Matthiessen S.P. Utica
Half Day and Wright Woods Lake Co. Thorn Creek Greenway Park Forest
Herrick Lake Warrenville (New URL) Thorn Creek Greenway
South Holland (Directions)
Map
Hickory Creek Preserve
Joliet/Lockport (Directions)
Map     FPDWC East Branch Map
FPDWC West Branch Map
FPDWC LaPorte Road Access Map		 Thorn Creek Woods N.P. (Directions)
Map No Bikes
Illinois Beach S.P.
North Unit Zion (Directions)
Map		 Tinley Creek (Directions)
Map
Illinois Beach S.P.
South Unit (Directions)
Map		 Tinley Creek Trails Challenge Park Joliet
Pay per day or per year
Northwest Trails
Rock Cut State Park Map
Description		 Hennepin Canal Map
Description
Hennepin canal construction news		 Pecatonica Prairie Path
trail has problem click here
 Jane Addams Trail		 Long Prairie Trail Description
Maps
East Central Trails
Kickapoo State Park Map
Description		 Rock Island Trail
Rock Island Trail Map
Description		 Pimiteoui Trail
Map
Description		 Jubilee College S.P.
Peoria		 Morton Community Bikeway
Peoria 
Carbondale Area Bike Trail Maps Rock Island Trail Map Lincoln Prairie Trail
Pana		 Jubilee College S.P. Map
Description
 
West Central Trails

Sam Vadalebene

MCT Trails
Bluff Trail
Confluence Trail
Nickel Plate
QuercusGrove
Schoolhouse

  

Horseshoe Lake Map
Description

Jim Edgar Map
Description
Southern Trails
 

Tunnel Hill (LIB)
Tunnel Hill Description
618-658-2168,
Tunnel Hill Map     
Tunnel Hill Photos		 Rend Lake Trail Map

Wine Trail Map		 New Hope Trail River to River Trail Map Ronald J. Foster Sr.
Heritage Trail


Virgil Gilman Trail: Travels through quite prairie land from Waubonsee Community College into the Chicago suburbs.
Madison Country Transit Nature Trail: Adjacent to the LCCC Nelson campus the trail runs 13 miles south of Lake State Park and connects Southern Illinois University campus.
SIUE even offers a bachelors degree in recreation where students can learn to design and build biking trails for their communities.
American Bike Trails Maps and booksBicycle Trails in Illinois LIB
Trail Resources Illinois and other states Maps for sale
Lake County bike trails
Grand Illinois Trail (Future trail)
Grand Illinois Trail (Openlands) Has good maps with places to stay and bike shops along the route
Trailmonkey Northern Illinois Trails with maps
Quad Cities Bike Trails
Illinois Bike Trails (Mtbr)
Illinois Trails Conservancy
Illinois Trail Sites (Grand Illinois Trail)
Chart 41 Illinois trails (pdf file)
IDOT online maps
Illinois Trail Sites (Grand Illinois Trail)
IDOT Alphabetical Listing of Trails
About-Bicycles Touring & Trails (Rob Chapman has some nice ride reports and photos of northern Illinois trails)
Bike Illinois Trails

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