128 Trails in Illinois

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Yellow loop trail (Palos Forest Preserve) Beginner difficulty 8 **** Palos Hills
Yankee Woods Easiest difficulty 0.0 *** Oak Forest
Woodyard park difficulty 6.0 Charleston
Wildlife Prairie Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Edwards
Weldon Springs Trail difficulty 2.0 Clinton
Wauponsee Glacial Trail Easiest difficulty 22.0 **** Manhattan
Waterfall Glen Easiest difficulty 10.0 *** Darien
Trail D (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ***** Marshall
Trail C (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Advanced difficulty 3.0 ***** Marshall
Trail B (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Marshall
Trail AA (easy A) (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Intermediate difficulty 2.4 **** Marshall
Trail A (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Advanced difficulty 1.0 ***** Marshall
Trail 9 (Kickapoo) difficulty 1.1 Danville
Trail 8 (Kickapoo) difficulty 0.6 Danville
Trail 7 (Kickapoo) difficulty 0.9 Danville
Trail 6 (Kickapoo) difficulty 0.4 Danville
Trail 5 (Kickapoo) difficulty 2 Danville
Trail 4 (Kickapoo) difficulty 2 Danville
Trail 3 (Kickapoo) difficulty 0.5 Danville
Trail 2 (Kickapoo) difficulty 0.5 Danville
Trail 1a (Kickapoo) difficulty 3 Danville
Trail 10 (Kickapoo) difficulty 5 Danville
Trail 1 (Kickapoo) difficulty 0.6 Danville
Toulon Rock Island Line Trail Easiest difficulty 20.0 ** Toulon, Wyoming, Princeville, Dunlap
The Forge: Lemont Quarries difficulty 5 Lemont
The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Marshall
Thatcher Woods Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** River Forest
Sylvan Island Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Moline
Sweet Woods difficulty 8.0 Glenwood
Stephens Park difficulty 5.0 moline
Stage Coach Access difficulty 15.0 Kinmundy
Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve Easiest difficulty 6.0 *** Naperville
Spring Lake Park Easiest difficulty 3.0 * Streator
Spring Lake Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Macomb
Spring Creek Greenway trail Easiest difficulty 9.0 **** New Lenox
Spears Woods (Palos Forest Preserve) Intermediate difficulty 2.7 *** Willow Springs
Skokie Lagoons Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Glencoe
SIUE Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Edwardsville
SIUC Touch of Nature Multiuse Trail difficulty 9.14 Carbondale
Silver Lake Intermediate difficulty 4.5 *** Highland
Shoe Factory Woods Beginner difficulty 9.0 *** Hoffman Estates
Shelbyville Bike Park difficulty 1.0 Shelbyville
Session Trail (Kickapoo) difficulty 0.4 Danville
Saw Wee Kee Park Advanced difficulty 10 ***** Oswego
Salt Creek Singletrack Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Brookfield
Route 66 Trail Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Litchfield
Rock Cut State Park Intermediate difficulty 8 **** Rockford
Rend Lake Mountain Bike Trail difficulty 6 Benton
Raceway woods trail 2 difficulty 0.0 Carpentersville
Raceway Woods Intermediate difficulty 8 **** Carpentersville

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