127 Trails in Illinois

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Espenscheid Forest Perserve Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Rockford, Il
Prairie Trail Beginner difficulty 20.0 *** Crystal Lake
Chicago River North Branch Trail Beginner difficulty 8.0 ** Chicago
DuPage River Sports Complex Beginner difficulty 2.5 *** Naperville
Yellow loop trail (Palos Forest Preserve) Beginner difficulty 8 **** Palos Hills
Lakewood Forest (Snowshoe / Snowmobile) Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Wauconda
Lincoln Trail State Park Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Marshall
Newton Lake Beginner difficulty 5.0 * Newton
Jim Edgar Panther Creek Beginner difficulty 24.0 ** Ashland
Shoe Factory Woods Beginner difficulty 9.0 *** Hoffman Estates
Salt Creek Singletrack Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Brookfield
Thatcher Woods Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** River Forest
Deer Grove Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Palatine
Jubilee Beginner difficulty 10.0 **** Peoria
Des Plaines River trail Beginner difficulty 56 **** Des Plaines
Dupage River Single Track Trail Beginner difficulty 1.0 * Naperville
Beverly Lake Beginner difficulty 6.0 *** Hoffman Estates
Lake Glendale Easiest difficulty 13.0 *** Golconda
Calico Multi-Use Trail Easiest difficulty 8.0 **** Effingham
Waterfall Glen Easiest difficulty 10.0 *** Darien
Cap Sauers Holding Easiest difficulty 11.0 *** Palos Hills
Wauponsee Glacial Trail Easiest difficulty 22.0 **** Manhattan
Big Marsh Bike Park Easiest difficulty 40.0 ***** Chicago
Spring Creek Greenway trail Easiest difficulty 9.0 **** New Lenox
Old Plank Road Trail Easiest difficulty 22.0 **** New Lenox
Lake LeAquaNa State Park Easiest difficulty 9.0 **** Lena
Beargrease skillet Easiest difficulty 8.0 **** Homewood
Spring Lake Park Easiest difficulty 3.0 * Streator
Newton Lake Equestrian Trail Easiest difficulty 23.0 *** Newton
Blackwell Forest Preserve Easiest difficulty 9.0 *** Warrenville
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve Easiest difficulty 5.0 Wheaton
Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve Easiest difficulty 6.0 *** Naperville
Joe Orr Woods Easiest difficulty 0.0 *** Chicago Heights
Yankee Woods Easiest difficulty 0.0 *** Oak Forest
Hidden heaven Easiest difficulty 1.0 * Lake Zurich
Toulon Rock Island Line Trail Easiest difficulty 20.0 ** Toulon, Wyoming, Princeville, Dunlap
Shelbyville Bike Park difficulty 1.0 Shelbyville
Weldon Springs Trail difficulty 2.0 Clinton
Dorrance Park difficulty 5.0 Port Byron
Hononegah forest preserve difficulty 2.0 Rockton
Kinkaid Lake difficulty 3.0 Murphysboro
Lirley difficulty 6.0 Makanda
Portage woods difficulty 4.0 Forest View
Woodyard park difficulty 6.0 Charleston
General Dacey (General Dacey Trail) difficulty 6.0 Shelbyville
Mauvaise Terre Creek Trail difficulty 4.0 South Jacksonville
Fran DeLaCru difficulty 1.0 Litchfield
Raceway woods trail 2 difficulty 0.0 Carpentersville
Lansing Woods Trail difficulty 3.0 Lansing
Sweet Woods difficulty 8.0 Glenwood

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