128 Trails in Illinois

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Palos Forest Preserve Intermediate difficulty 0 **** Palos Hills
2. Saw Wee Kee Park Advanced difficulty 10 ***** Oswego
3. Kickapoo Intermediate difficulty 14 ***** Oakwood
4. Farmdale Reservoir Recreation Area Intermediate difficulty 18 ***** East Peoria
5. Bullfrog Lake Forest Preserve (Palos Forest Preserve) Advanced difficulty 50 ***** Willow Springs
6. Raceway Woods Intermediate difficulty 8 **** Carpentersville
7. The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Marshall
8. Indy Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** North Pekin
9. Big Marsh Bike Park Easiest difficulty 40.0 ***** Chicago
10. Knoch Knolls Beginner difficulty 10 *** Naperville
11. Dirksen Park Intermediate difficulty 9.0 ***** Pekin
12. Beulah Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Zion
13. Wildlife Prairie Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Edwards
14. Comlara Park Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Bloomington-Normal
15. Illiniwek Forest Preserve Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Hampton
16. SIUE Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Edwardsville
17. Black Partridge Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Metamora
18. Camp Camfield Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Sullivan
19. Rock Cut State Park Intermediate difficulty 8 **** Rockford
20. Crawford County Forest Preserve Intermediate difficulty 3.5 ***** Robinson
21. East Lick Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 7 **** Springfield
22. Jubilee Beginner difficulty 10.0 **** Peoria
23. Spring Lake Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Macomb
24. Lake Storey Trail System Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Galesburg
25. Skokie Lagoons Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Glencoe
26. Sylvan Island Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Moline
27. Horace B. Garman Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Decatur
28. I.C. Rail Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Dixon
29. Waterfall Glen Easiest difficulty 10.0 *** Darien
30. Des Plaines River trail Beginner difficulty 56 **** Des Plaines
31. Espenscheid Forest Perserve Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Rockford, Il
32. Matthiessen Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Oglesby
33. Deer Grove Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Palatine
34. Silver Lake Intermediate difficulty 4.5 *** Highland
35. Route 66 Trail Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Litchfield
36. Salt Creek Singletrack Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Brookfield
37. Lake View Park Trails Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Charleston
38. Polecat Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 1 *** Springfield
39. Lehigh Memorial Park. Advanced difficulty 2.0 **** Oglesby
40. Forest Glen Woods Intermediate difficulty 2 **** Chicago
41. Atwood Silent Sports Trail Intermediate difficulty 6.5 *** New Milford
42. Kinsey Park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 ***** Edwards
43. Spears Woods (Palos Forest Preserve) Intermediate difficulty 2.7 *** Willow Springs
44. Kokemill Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Springfield
45. Lakewood Forest (Snowshoe / Snowmobile) Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Wauconda
46. General Dacey Trail Intermediate difficulty 5.0 *** Shelbyville
47. Indian Road Woods Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Chicago
48. Trail B (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Marshall
49. New Salem Beginner difficulty 4.0 *** Petersburg
50. Trail D (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ***** Marshall

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