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Level: Intermediate
Length: 2 mi (3.2 km)
Surface: Singletrack
Configuration: Network
Elevation: +359/ -357 ft
Total: 25 riders
 

Mountain Biking Forest Glen Woods

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#40 of 128 mountain bike trails in Illinois
#4,410 in the world

This trail is a tad unkempt but since the North Branch Trail was just connected, completed and opened, hopefully the increase in bike traffic will spill over into this potentially awesome singletrack area. There are several places to enter, the most bein a trailhead marked by two cement markers just to the left of the small brick maintenance building at the NE part of the "Picnic Grove #1". Second, if you take the paved trail around the corner toward the Forest Glen Ave. Bridge, you can jump on right there and ride along the river, up over the RR tracks all the way to the Ted Lechowicz Woods. The third enntrance is down the paved trail until you come to the big bridge over the RR and theres a trail entrance just to your right leading to a small "bowl" if that's what you could even call it. Definitely needs some work but for being literally the ONLY singletrack I could find in the area, it'll do!

First added by heathberg23 on Dec 24, 2013. Last updated Aug 30, 2020. → add an update
Before you go
  • Drinking water: unknown
  • Lift service: unknown
  • Night riding: unknown
  • Pump track: unknown
  • Restrooms: yes
  • Fat bike grooming: unknown
  • E-bikes allowed: unknown
  • Fee required: unknown
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5426 N Forest Glen Ave Chicago, IL 60646


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Q: When will this open
A: Not sure when this was asked or if you're referring to the singletrack or the North Branch Trail but the singletrack is currently open and needs some work but makes for a good ride and the paved North Branch has been open for the last week and goes East to the Lake and Northwest all the way to Wisconsin, or so I've heard.