127 Trails in Illinois

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Trail C (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Advanced difficulty 3.0 ***** Marshall
Trail A (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Marshall
Des Plaines River trail singletrack (Des Plaines River trail) Advanced difficulty 0.0 * Des Plaines
Bullfrog Lake Forest Preserve (Palos Forest Preserve) Advanced difficulty 50 ***** Willow Springs
Lehigh Memorial Park. Advanced difficulty 2.0 **** Oglesby
Saw Wee Kee Park Advanced difficulty 10 ***** Oswego
General Dacy Mountain Bike Extension (General Dacey Trail) Advanced difficulty 4.0 **** Shelbyville
Trail B (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Marshall
Beulah Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Zion
Spring Lake Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Macomb
Lake Storey Trail System Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Galesburg
Indy Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** North Pekin
Wildlife Prairie Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Edwards
Kickapoo Intermediate difficulty 14 ***** Oakwood
Palos Forest Preserve Intermediate difficulty 0 **** Palos Hills
Crawford County Forest Preserve Intermediate difficulty 3.5 ***** Robinson
Atwood Silent Sports Trail Intermediate difficulty 6.5 *** New Milford
Marila Park Intermediate difficulty 7.0 *** Streator
General Dacey Trail Intermediate difficulty 5.0 *** Shelbyville
Forest Glen Woods Intermediate difficulty 2 **** Chicago
Harms Woods - Central Park Intermediate difficulty 0.0 *** Skokie, IL
Lake View Park Trails Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Charleston
Matthiessen Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Oglesby
Sylvan Island Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Moline
Black Partridge Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Metamora
The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Marshall
East Lick Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 7 **** Springfield
Camp Camfield Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Sullivan
Illiniwek Forest Preserve Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Hampton
Comlara Park Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Bloomington-Normal
Farmdale Reservoir Recreation Area Intermediate difficulty 18 ***** East Peoria
Route 66 Trail Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Litchfield
Raceway Woods Intermediate difficulty 8 **** Carpentersville
Rock Cut State Park Intermediate difficulty 8 **** Rockford
Horace B. Garman Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Decatur
I.C. Rail Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Dixon
Dirksen Park Intermediate difficulty 9.0 ***** Pekin
Skokie Lagoons Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Glencoe
Trail D (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ***** Marshall
Kinsey Park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 ***** Edwards
Spears Woods (Palos Forest Preserve) Intermediate difficulty 2.7 *** Willow Springs
Indian Road Woods Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Chicago
Chipilly Woods Trail Intermediate difficulty 7.0 ** Northbrook
Silver Lake Intermediate difficulty 4.5 *** Highland
Polecat Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 1 *** Springfield
Trail AA (easy A) (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Intermediate difficulty 2.4 **** Marshall
Kokemill Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Springfield
Knoch Knolls Beginner difficulty 10 *** Naperville
SIUE Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Edwardsville
New Salem Beginner difficulty 4.0 *** Petersburg

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