128 Trails in Illinois

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Woodyard park difficulty 6.0 Charleston
General Dacey (General Dacey Trail) difficulty 6.0 Shelbyville
Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve Easiest difficulty 6.0 *** Naperville
Lake View Park Trails Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Charleston
Beverly Lake Beginner difficulty 6.0 *** Hoffman Estates
Black Partridge Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Metamora
Rend Lake Mountain Bike Trail difficulty 6 Benton
Dorrance Park difficulty 5.0 Port Byron
Chestnut Mountain difficulty 5.0 Galena
Horace B. Garman Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Decatur
General Dacey Trail Intermediate difficulty 5.0 *** Shelbyville
Stephens Park difficulty 5.0 moline
Lake Storey Trail System Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Galesburg
Newton Lake Beginner difficulty 5.0 * Newton
Beulah Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Zion
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve Easiest difficulty 5.0 Wheaton
Illiniwek Forest Preserve Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Hampton
Wildlife Prairie Park Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Edwards
Sylvan Island Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Moline
Thatcher Woods Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** River Forest
The Forge: Lemont Quarries difficulty 5 Lemont
Trail 10 (Kickapoo) difficulty 5 Danville
Silver Lake Intermediate difficulty 4.5 *** Highland
Portage woods difficulty 4.0 Forest View
Mauvaise Terre Creek Trail difficulty 4.0 South Jacksonville
Kinsey Park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 ***** Edwards
Jacksonville recreation trails difficulty 4.0 Jacksonville
General Dacy Mountain Bike Extension (General Dacey Trail) Advanced difficulty 4.0 **** Shelbyville
I.C. Rail Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Dixon
New Salem Beginner difficulty 4.0 *** Petersburg
Indian Road Woods Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Chicago
Martinsville Ridgelawn Biking and Hiking Trails difficulty 3.9 Martinsville
Crawford County Forest Preserve Intermediate difficulty 3.5 ***** Robinson
Kinkaid Lake difficulty 3.0 Murphysboro
Lansing Woods Trail difficulty 3.0 Lansing
Trail C (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Advanced difficulty 3.0 ***** Marshall
Trail B (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Marshall
Lakewood Forest (Snowshoe / Snowmobile) Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Wauconda
Spring Lake Park Easiest difficulty 3.0 * Streator
Espenscheid Forest Perserve Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Rockford, Il
Trail 1a (Kickapoo) difficulty 3 Danville
Spears Woods (Palos Forest Preserve) Intermediate difficulty 2.7 *** Willow Springs
DuPage River Sports Complex Beginner difficulty 2.5 *** Naperville
Trail AA (easy A) (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Intermediate difficulty 2.4 **** Marshall
Weldon Springs Trail difficulty 2.0 Clinton
Hononegah forest preserve difficulty 2.0 Rockton
Nelson Park difficulty 2.0 **** Decatur
Trail D (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ***** Marshall
Mokena Regan Road Trails difficulty 2.0 Mokena
Forest Glen Woods Intermediate difficulty 2 **** Chicago

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