128 Trails in Illinois

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Trail D (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ***** Marshall
Big Marsh Bike Park Easiest difficulty 40.0 ***** Chicago
Trail C (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Advanced difficulty 3.0 ***** Marshall
Trail A (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Marshall
Crawford County Forest Preserve Intermediate difficulty 3.5 ***** Robinson
Wildlife Prairie Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Edwards
Bullfrog Lake Forest Preserve (Palos Forest Preserve) Advanced difficulty 50 ***** Willow Springs
Dirksen Park Intermediate difficulty 9.0 ***** Pekin
Kickapoo Intermediate difficulty 14 ***** Oakwood
Farmdale Reservoir Recreation Area Intermediate difficulty 18 ***** East Peoria
The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Marshall
Saw Wee Kee Park Advanced difficulty 10 ***** Oswego
Kinsey Park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 ***** Edwards
Lake Storey Trail System Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Galesburg
Illiniwek Forest Preserve Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Hampton
Spring Lake Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Macomb
Raceway Woods Intermediate difficulty 8 **** Carpentersville
Camp Camfield Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Sullivan
Horace B. Garman Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Decatur
Beulah Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Zion
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
Comlara Park Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Bloomington-Normal
Black Partridge Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Metamora
Route 66 Trail Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Litchfield
SIUE Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Edwardsville
Palos Forest Preserve Intermediate difficulty 0 **** Palos Hills
Nelson Park  difficulty 2.0 **** Decatur
Wauponsee Glacial Trail Easiest difficulty 22.0 **** Manhattan
Yellow loop trail (Palos Forest Preserve) Beginner difficulty 8 **** Palos Hills
Old Plank Road Trail Easiest difficulty 22.0 **** New Lenox
I.C. Rail Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Dixon
Lake LeAquaNa State Park Easiest difficulty 9.0 **** Lena
Lakewood Forest (Snowshoe / Snowmobile) Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Wauconda
Salt Creek Singletrack Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Brookfield
Indy Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** North Pekin
Jubilee Beginner difficulty 10.0 **** Peoria
Sylvan Island Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Moline
Lake View Park Trails Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Charleston
East Lick Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 7 **** Springfield
Skokie Lagoons Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Glencoe
Trail AA (easy A) (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Intermediate difficulty 2.4 **** Marshall
Des Plaines River trail Beginner difficulty 56 **** Des Plaines
Lehigh Memorial Park. Advanced difficulty 2.0 **** Oglesby
Rock Cut State Park Intermediate difficulty 8 **** Rockford
Spring Creek Greenway trail Easiest difficulty 9.0 **** New Lenox
Beargrease skillet Easiest difficulty 8.0 **** Homewood
Calico Multi-Use Trail Easiest difficulty 8.0 **** Effingham
Forest Glen Woods Intermediate difficulty 2 **** Chicago
Espenscheid Forest Perserve Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Rockford, Il

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