128 Trails in Illinois

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Des Plaines River trail Beginner difficulty 56 **** Des Plaines
Bullfrog Lake Forest Preserve (Palos Forest Preserve) Advanced difficulty 50 ***** Willow Springs
Big Marsh Bike Park Easiest difficulty 40.0 ***** Chicago
Jim Edgar Panther Creek Beginner difficulty 24.0 ** Ashland
Newton Lake Equestrian Trail Easiest difficulty 23.0 *** Newton
Wauponsee Glacial Trail Easiest difficulty 22.0 **** Manhattan
Old Plank Road Trail Easiest difficulty 22.0 **** New Lenox
Prairie Trail Beginner difficulty 20.0 *** Crystal Lake
Toulon Rock Island Line Trail Easiest difficulty 20.0 ** Toulon, Wyoming, Princeville, Dunlap
Farmdale Reservoir Recreation Area Intermediate difficulty 18 ***** East Peoria
Pyramid State Recreation Area difficulty 17.0 Pinckneyville
Stage Coach Access difficulty 15.0 Kinmundy
Kickapoo Intermediate difficulty 14 ***** Oakwood
Lake Glendale Easiest difficulty 13.0 *** Golconda
Paul Douglas Preserve difficulty 13 Hoffman Estates
Salt Creek Singletrack Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Brookfield
Indy Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** North Pekin
Comlara Park Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Bloomington-Normal
Cap Sauers Holding Easiest difficulty 11.0 *** Palos Hills
The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Marshall
Matthiessen Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Oglesby
Waterfall Glen Easiest difficulty 10.0 *** Darien
Saw Wee Kee Park Advanced difficulty 10 ***** Oswego
Spring Lake Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Macomb
Jubilee Beginner difficulty 10.0 **** Peoria
Deer Grove Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Palatine
Knoch Knolls Beginner difficulty 10 *** Naperville
SIUC Touch of Nature Multiuse Trail difficulty 9.14 Carbondale
Spring Creek Greenway trail Easiest difficulty 9.0 **** New Lenox
Lake LeAquaNa State Park Easiest difficulty 9.0 **** Lena
Blackwell Forest Preserve Easiest difficulty 9.0 *** Warrenville
Shoe Factory Woods Beginner difficulty 9.0 *** Hoffman Estates
Dirksen Park Intermediate difficulty 9.0 ***** Pekin
Yellow loop trail (Palos Forest Preserve) Beginner difficulty 8 **** Palos Hills
Sweet Woods difficulty 8.0 Glenwood
Beargrease skillet Easiest difficulty 8.0 **** Homewood
Lincoln Trail State Park Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Marshall
Calico Multi-Use Trail Easiest difficulty 8.0 **** Effingham
Raceway Woods Intermediate difficulty 8 **** Carpentersville
SIUE Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Edwardsville
Rock Cut State Park Intermediate difficulty 8 **** Rockford
Chicago River North Branch Trail Beginner difficulty 8.0 ** Chicago
Route 66 Trail Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Litchfield
Marila Park Intermediate difficulty 7.0 *** Streator
Camp Camfield Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Sullivan
Chipilly Woods Trail Intermediate difficulty 7.0 ** Northbrook
East Lick Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 7 **** Springfield
Skokie Lagoons Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Glencoe
Atwood Silent Sports Trail Intermediate difficulty 6.5 *** New Milford
Lirley difficulty 6.0 Makanda

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