128 Trails in Illinois

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

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