128 Trails in Illinois

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Beulah Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Zion
Spears Woods (Palos Forest Preserve) Intermediate difficulty 2.7 *** Willow Springs
Bullfrog Lake Forest Preserve (Palos Forest Preserve) Advanced difficulty 50 ***** Willow Springs
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve Easiest difficulty 5.0 Wheaton
Lakewood Forest (Snowshoe / Snowmobile) Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Wauconda
Blackwell Forest Preserve Easiest difficulty 9.0 *** Warrenville
Toulon Rock Island Line Trail Easiest difficulty 20.0 ** Toulon, Wyoming, Princeville, Dunlap
Camp Camfield Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Sullivan
Marila Park Intermediate difficulty 7.0 *** Streator
Spring Lake Park Easiest difficulty 3.0 * Streator
Polecat Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 1 *** Springfield
East Lick Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 7 **** Springfield
Kokemill Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Springfield
Mauvaise Terre Creek Trail  difficulty 4.0 South Jacksonville
Harms Woods - Central Park Intermediate difficulty 0.0 *** Skokie, IL
Shelbyville Bike Park  difficulty 1.0 Shelbyville
General Dacey (General Dacey Trail)  difficulty 6.0 Shelbyville
General Dacy Mountain Bike Extension (General Dacey Trail) Advanced difficulty 4.0 **** Shelbyville
General Dacey Trail Intermediate difficulty 5.0 *** Shelbyville
Hononegah forest preserve  difficulty 2.0 Rockton
Espenscheid Forest Perserve Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Rockford, Il
Rock Cut State Park Intermediate difficulty 8 **** Rockford
Crawford County Forest Preserve Intermediate difficulty 3.5 ***** Robinson
Thatcher Woods Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** River Forest
Dorrance Park  difficulty 5.0 Port Byron
Plainfield Bike Park  difficulty 1.0 Plainfield
Pyramid State Recreation Area  difficulty 17.0 Pinckneyville
New Salem Beginner difficulty 4.0 *** Petersburg
Jubilee Beginner difficulty 10.0 **** Peoria
Dirksen Park Intermediate difficulty 9.0 ***** Pekin
Cap Sauers Holding Easiest difficulty 11.0 *** Palos Hills
Yellow loop trail (Palos Forest Preserve) Beginner difficulty 8 **** Palos Hills
Palos Forest Preserve Intermediate difficulty 0 **** Palos Hills
Deer Grove Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Palatine
Saw Wee Kee Park Advanced difficulty 10 ***** Oswego
Lehigh Memorial Park. Advanced difficulty 2.0 **** Oglesby
Matthiessen Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Oglesby
Kickapoo Intermediate difficulty 14 ***** Oakwood
Yankee Woods Easiest difficulty 0.0 *** Oak Forest
Chipilly Woods Trail Intermediate difficulty 7.0 ** Northbrook
Indy Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** North Pekin
Newton Lake Equestrian Trail Easiest difficulty 23.0 *** Newton
Newton Lake Beginner difficulty 5.0 * Newton
Atwood Silent Sports Trail Intermediate difficulty 6.5 *** New Milford
Spring Creek Greenway trail Easiest difficulty 9.0 **** New Lenox
Old Plank Road Trail Easiest difficulty 22.0 **** New Lenox
DuPage River Sports Complex Beginner difficulty 2.5 *** Naperville
Dupage River Single Track Trail Beginner difficulty 1.0 * Naperville
Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve Easiest difficulty 6.0 *** Naperville
Knoch Knolls Beginner difficulty 10 *** Naperville

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