128 Trails in Illinois

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
51. Prairie Trail Beginner 20.0 *** Crystal Lake
52. General Dacy Mountain Bike Extension (General Dacey Trail) Advanced 4.0 **** Shelbyville
53. Yellow loop trail (Palos Forest Preserve) Beginner 8 **** Palos Hills
54. Trail A (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Advanced 1.0 ***** Marshall
55. Trail C (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Advanced 3.0 ***** Marshall
56. Old Plank Road Trail Easiest 22.0 **** New Lenox
57. Lake LeAquaNa State Park Easiest 9.0 **** Lena
58. Shoe Factory Woods Beginner 9.0 *** Hoffman Estates
59. Beverly Lake Beginner 6.0 *** Hoffman Estates
60. Thatcher Woods Beginner 5.0 ** River Forest
61. Lake Glendale Easiest 13.0 *** Golconda
62. Calico Multi-Use Trail Easiest 8.0 **** Effingham
63. Blackwell Forest Preserve Easiest 9.0 *** Warrenville
64. Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve Easiest 6.0 *** Naperville
65. Plainfield Bike Park 1.0 Plainfield
66. Nelson Park 2.0 **** Decatur
67. Harms Woods - Central Park Intermediate 0.0 *** Skokie, IL
68. Chicago River North Branch Trail Beginner 8.0 ** Chicago
69. Trail AA (easy A) (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Intermediate 2.4 **** Marshall
70. Beargrease skillet Easiest 8.0 **** Homewood
71. Spring Creek Greenway trail Easiest 9.0 **** New Lenox
72. Yankee Woods Easiest 0.0 *** Oak Forest
73. Lincoln Trail State Park Beginner 8.0 *** Marshall
74. Wauponsee Glacial Trail Easiest 22.0 **** Manhattan
75. Joe Orr Woods Easiest 0.0 *** Chicago Heights
76. Rend Lake Mountain Bike Trail 6 Benton
77. Chipilly Woods Trail Intermediate 7.0 ** Northbrook
78. Cap Sauers Holding Easiest 11.0 *** Palos Hills
79. Marila Park Intermediate 7.0 *** Streator
80. Chestnut Mountain 5.0 Galena
81. The Forge: Lemont Quarries 5 Lemont
82. Jim Edgar Panther Creek Beginner 24.0 ** Ashland
83. DuPage River Sports Complex Beginner 2.5 *** Naperville
84. Newton Lake Equestrian Trail Easiest 23.0 *** Newton
85. Dupage River Single Track Trail Beginner 1.0 * Naperville
86. Toulon Rock Island Line Trail Easiest 20.0 ** Toulon, Wyoming, Princeville, Dunlap
87. Hidden heaven Easiest 1.0 * Lake Zurich
88. Sweet Woods 8.0 Glenwood
89. Pyramid State Recreation Area 17.0 Pinckneyville
90. Des Plaines River trail singletrack (Des Plaines River trail) Advanced 0.0 * Des Plaines
91. Herrick Lake Forest Preserve Easiest 5.0 Wheaton
92. Caldwell Woods 0.0 Chicago
93. SIUC Touch of Nature Multiuse Trail 9.14 Carbondale
94. Spring Lake Park Easiest 3.0 * Streator
95. Newton Lake Beginner 5.0 * Newton
96. Dorrance Park 5.0 Port Byron
97. Fran DeLaCru 1.0 Litchfield
98. Jacksonville recreation trails 4.0 Jacksonville
99. Shelbyville Bike Park 1.0 Shelbyville
100. Stephens Park 5.0 moline

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