18 Trails in River Forest, Illinois

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Palos Forest Preserve Intermediate difficulty 0 **** Palos Hills
2. Bullfrog Lake Forest Preserve (Palos Forest Preserve) Advanced difficulty 50 ***** Willow Springs
3. Skokie Lagoons Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Glencoe
4. Waterfall Glen Easiest difficulty 10.0 *** Darien
5. Des Plaines River trail Beginner difficulty 56 **** Des Plaines
6. Salt Creek Singletrack Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Brookfield
7. Polecat Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 1 *** Springfield
8. Forest Glen Woods Intermediate difficulty 2 **** Chicago
9. Spears Woods (Palos Forest Preserve) Intermediate difficulty 2.7 *** Willow Springs
10. Indian Road Woods Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Chicago
11. Yellow loop trail (Palos Forest Preserve) Beginner difficulty 8 **** Palos Hills
12. Thatcher Woods Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** River Forest
13. Harms Woods - Central Park Intermediate difficulty 0.0 *** Skokie, IL
14. Chicago River North Branch Trail Beginner difficulty 8.0 ** Chicago
15. Cap Sauers Holding Easiest difficulty 11.0 *** Palos Hills
16. The Forge: Lemont Quarries  difficulty 5 Lemont
17. Caldwell Woods  difficulty 0.0 Chicago
18. Portage woods  difficulty 4.0 Forest View

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