128 Trails in Illinois

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Kokemill Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Springfield
Lake Glendale Easiest difficulty 13.0 *** Golconda
Lake LeAquaNa State Park Easiest difficulty 9.0 **** Lena
Lake Storey Trail System Intermediate difficulty 5.0 ***** Galesburg
Lake View Park Trails Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Charleston
Lakewood Forest (Snowshoe / Snowmobile) Beginner difficulty 3.0 **** Wauconda
Lansing Woods Trail difficulty 3.0 Lansing
Lehigh Memorial Park. Advanced difficulty 2.0 **** Oglesby
Lincoln Trail State Park Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Marshall
Lirley difficulty 6.0 Makanda
Marila Park Intermediate difficulty 7.0 *** Streator
Martinsville Ridgelawn Biking and Hiking Trails difficulty 3.9 Martinsville
Matthiessen Intermediate difficulty 10.0 *** Oglesby
Mauvaise Terre Creek Trail difficulty 4.0 South Jacksonville
Mokena Regan Road Trails difficulty 2.0 Mokena
Nelson Park difficulty 2.0 **** Decatur
New Salem Beginner difficulty 4.0 *** Petersburg
Newton Lake Beginner difficulty 5.0 * Newton
Newton Lake Equestrian Trail Easiest difficulty 23.0 *** Newton
Old Plank Road Trail Easiest difficulty 22.0 **** New Lenox
Palos Forest Preserve Intermediate difficulty 0 **** Palos Hills
Paul Douglas Preserve difficulty 13 Hoffman Estates
Plainfield Bike Park difficulty 1.0 Plainfield
Playground Loop (Kickapoo) difficulty 0.5 Danville
Polecat Creek Trail Intermediate difficulty 1 *** Springfield
Portage woods difficulty 4.0 Forest View
Prairie Trail Beginner difficulty 20.0 *** Crystal Lake
Pyramid State Recreation Area difficulty 17.0 Pinckneyville
Raceway Woods Intermediate difficulty 8 **** Carpentersville
Raceway woods trail 2 difficulty 0.0 Carpentersville
Rend Lake Mountain Bike Trail difficulty 6 Benton
Rock Cut State Park Intermediate difficulty 8 **** Rockford
Route 66 Trail Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Litchfield
Salt Creek Singletrack Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Brookfield
Saw Wee Kee Park Advanced difficulty 10 ***** Oswego
Session Trail (Kickapoo) difficulty 0.4 Danville
Shelbyville Bike Park difficulty 1.0 Shelbyville
Shoe Factory Woods Beginner difficulty 9.0 *** Hoffman Estates
Silver Lake Intermediate difficulty 4.5 *** Highland
SIUC Touch of Nature Multiuse Trail difficulty 9.14 Carbondale
SIUE Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Edwardsville
Skokie Lagoons Intermediate difficulty 7.0 **** Glencoe
Spears Woods (Palos Forest Preserve) Intermediate difficulty 2.7 *** Willow Springs
Spring Creek Greenway trail Easiest difficulty 9.0 **** New Lenox
Spring Lake Park Easiest difficulty 3.0 * Streator
Spring Lake Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 ***** Macomb
Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve Easiest difficulty 6.0 *** Naperville
Stage Coach Access difficulty 15.0 Kinmundy
Stephens Park difficulty 5.0 moline
Sweet Woods difficulty 8.0 Glenwood

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