128 Trails in Illinois

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
SIUC Touch of Nature Multiuse Trail difficulty 9.14 Carbondale
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
Cap Sauers Holding Easiest difficulty 11.0 *** Palos Hills
Salt Creek Singletrack Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Brookfield
Indy Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** North Pekin
Comlara Park Intermediate difficulty 12.0 **** Bloomington-Normal
Lake Glendale Easiest difficulty 13.0 *** Golconda
Paul Douglas Preserve difficulty 13 Hoffman Estates
Kickapoo Intermediate difficulty 14 ***** Oakwood
Stage Coach Access difficulty 15.0 Kinmundy
Pyramid State Recreation Area difficulty 17.0 Pinckneyville
Farmdale Reservoir Recreation Area Intermediate difficulty 18 ***** East Peoria
Prairie Trail Beginner difficulty 20.0 *** Crystal Lake
Toulon Rock Island Line Trail Easiest difficulty 20.0 ** Toulon, Wyoming, Princeville, Dunlap
Wauponsee Glacial Trail Easiest difficulty 22.0 **** Manhattan
Old Plank Road Trail Easiest difficulty 22.0 **** New Lenox
Newton Lake Equestrian Trail Easiest difficulty 23.0 *** Newton
Jim Edgar Panther Creek Beginner difficulty 24.0 ** Ashland
Big Marsh Bike Park Easiest difficulty 40.0 ***** Chicago
Bullfrog Lake Forest Preserve (Palos Forest Preserve) Advanced difficulty 50 ***** Willow Springs
Des Plaines River trail Beginner difficulty 56 **** Des Plaines

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