128 Trails in Illinois

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Silver Lake Intermediate difficulty 4.5 *** Highland
Matthiessen Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Oglesby
Spears Woods (Palos Forest Preserve) Intermediate difficulty 2.7 *** Willow Springs
Waterfall Glen Easiest difficulty 10.0 *** Darien
Polecat Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 1 *** Springfield
Knoch Knolls Beginner difficulty 10 *** Naperville
New Salem Beginner difficulty 4.0 *** Petersburg
Kokemill Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Springfield
Atwood Silent Sports Trail Intermediate difficulty 6.5 *** New Milford
DuPage River Sports Complex Beginner difficulty 2.5 *** Naperville
Cap Sauers Holding Easiest difficulty 11.0 *** Palos Hills
Marila Park Intermediate difficulty 7.0 *** Streator
General Dacey Trail Intermediate difficulty 5.0 *** Shelbyville
Newton Lake Equestrian Trail Easiest difficulty 23.0 *** Newton
Blackwell Forest Preserve Easiest difficulty 9.0 *** Warrenville
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
Harms Woods - Central Park Intermediate difficulty 0.0 *** Skokie, IL
Shoe Factory Woods Beginner difficulty 9.0 *** Hoffman Estates
Indian Road Woods Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Chicago
Beverly Lake Beginner difficulty 6.0 *** Hoffman Estates
Deer Grove Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Palatine
Prairie Trail Beginner difficulty 20.0 *** Crystal Lake
Lake Glendale Easiest difficulty 13.0 *** Golconda
Lincoln Trail State Park Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Marshall
Toulon Rock Island Line Trail Easiest difficulty 20.0 ** Toulon, Wyoming, Princeville, Dunlap
Thatcher Woods Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** River Forest
Chicago River North Branch Trail Beginner difficulty 8.0 ** Chicago
Jim Edgar Panther Creek Beginner difficulty 24.0 ** Ashland
Chipilly Woods Trail Intermediate difficulty 7.0 ** Northbrook
Spring Lake Park Easiest difficulty 3.0 * Streator
Dupage River Single Track Trail Beginner difficulty 1.0 * Naperville
Des Plaines River trail singletrack (Des Plaines River trail) Advanced difficulty 0.0 * Des Plaines
Newton Lake Beginner difficulty 5.0 * Newton
Hidden heaven Easiest difficulty 1.0 * Lake Zurich
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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