128 Trails in Illinois

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Thatcher Woods Beginner difficulty 5.0 ** River Forest
Chicago River North Branch Trail Beginner difficulty 8.0 ** Chicago
Lincoln Trail State Park Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Marshall
Prairie Trail Beginner difficulty 20.0 *** Crystal Lake
Lake Glendale Easiest difficulty 13.0 *** Golconda
Deer Grove Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Palatine
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
Kokemill Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Springfield
New Salem Beginner difficulty 4.0 *** Petersburg
Knoch Knolls Beginner difficulty 10 *** Naperville
Polecat Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 1 *** Springfield
Spears Woods (Palos Forest Preserve) Intermediate difficulty 2.7 *** Willow Springs
Waterfall Glen Easiest difficulty 10.0 *** Darien
Matthiessen Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Oglesby
Silver Lake Intermediate difficulty 4.5 *** Highland
Spring Creek Greenway trail Easiest difficulty 9.0 **** New Lenox
Beargrease skillet Easiest difficulty 8.0 **** Homewood
Calico Multi-Use Trail Easiest difficulty 8.0 **** Effingham
Forest Glen Woods Intermediate difficulty 2 **** Chicago
Espenscheid Forest Perserve Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Rockford, Il
Rock Cut State Park Intermediate difficulty 8 **** Rockford
Des Plaines River trail Beginner difficulty 56 **** Des Plaines
Lehigh Memorial Park. Advanced difficulty 2.0 **** Oglesby
Skokie Lagoons Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Glencoe
Trail AA (easy A) (The Fay Pickering Memorial Trails) Intermediate difficulty 2.4 **** Marshall
East Lick Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 7 **** Springfield
Lake View Park Trails Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Charleston
Sylvan Island Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Moline
Jubilee Beginner difficulty 10.0 **** Peoria
Nelson Park difficulty 2.0 **** Decatur
Wauponsee Glacial Trail Easiest difficulty 22.0 **** Manhattan
Yellow loop trail (Palos Forest Preserve) Beginner difficulty 8 **** Palos Hills
Old Plank Road Trail Easiest difficulty 22.0 **** New Lenox
I.C. Rail Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Dixon
Lake LeAquaNa State Park Easiest difficulty 9.0 **** Lena
Lakewood Forest (Snowshoe / Snowmobile) Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Wauconda
Salt Creek Singletrack Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Brookfield

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