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Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
Trail Ridden Direction
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
- > 96%
- > 90%
- > 80%
- > 70%
- > 50%
- < 50%
Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
- < 2 days
- < 1 week
- < 2 weeks
- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intendid direction a trail should be ridden.
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
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Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months.
Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
- most popular
- popular
- less popular
- not popular
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Trail Difficulties
Trail Report Status
- Access Road/Trail
- White
- Green
- Blue
- Black
- Double Black Diamond
Trail Report Status
- Clear / Green
- Minor Issue / Yellow
- Significant Issue / Amber
- Closed
- Land Owner Overlay
- Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
- BLM (public)
- USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
- State land
- Indigenous
- Military
Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
- Map Markers
Trail Head
Photo
Directory Listing
Riding Area
TTF
Parking
Viewpoint
Information
Warning
Directions
Water Fountain/Source
Sight
Restrooms
Gate
Camping
Trail Sign
Table or Bench
eBike Charging Point
Other
Popular Riding Areas
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Region Details
- 107
- 44
- 157
- 173
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Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Global Ranking
- #41
- Trails (view details)
- 507
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 517
- Trails Hike
- 511
- Trails Trail Running
- 511
- Total Distance
- 682 miles
- Total Descent
- 51,170 ft
- Total Vertical
- 580 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 946 ft
- Reports
- 1,284
- Photos
- 235
- Ridden Counter
- 8,333
Sub Regions
- Central (262)
- Metamora (1)
- Alton (3)
- Bloomington (25)
- Chandlerville (0)
- Danville (13)
- Decatur (0)
- East Peoria (1)
- Edwardsville (20)
- Galesburg (1)
- Lewisburg (6)
- Macomb (8)
- Marshall (5)
- mokena (3)
- Oakwood (0)
- Palos Forest Preserve (3)
- Peoria (143)
- Springfield (27)
- Sullivan (4)
- Metamora (1)
- Northern (190)
- Chicagoland (119)
- Carpentersville (31)
- Chicago (7)
- Crystal Lake (0)
- Glen Ellyn (7)
- Palos Hills (62)
- Quad Cities (15)
- Geneseo (1)
- Moline (10)
- Port Byron (4)
- Dixon (1)
- Freeport (1)
- Homewood (16)
- Rockford (36)
- Roscoe (2)
- Chicagoland (119)
- Southern (1)
- Carbondale (1)
- Carbondale (1)
- Lemont (6)
- Northbrook (3)
- Oswego (28)
- Shelbyville (6)
- Zion (11)
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Current Trail Warnings
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. C. Rail Trail Dixon | Apr 10, 2019 @ 9:01pm Apr 10, 2019 | Wet | Tgro | ||
| Sylvan Island Loop Sylvan Island Park | Apr 5, 2019 @ 11:31am Apr 5, 2019 | Prevalent Mud | banker1741 | southwest area flooded. | |
| NS Connector #1 Rock Cut State Park | Apr 3, 2019 @ 1:13pm Apr 3, 2019 | Prevalent Mud | Brabear86 | Super wet. A couple large trees down |
Recent Trail Reports
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | tocoldmn | ridden | trail | 3 Ravines and 4 more | Apr 18, 2019 @ 5:11pm 3 hours |
| Hatchedk | add | ridelog | Apr 18, 2019 ride log | Apr 18, 2019 @ 8:11am 12 hours |
 | y9pema | add | ridelog | Apr 17, 2019 ride log and 1 more | Apr 18, 2019 @ 7:32am 13 hours |
 | Jwalk996 | ridden | trail | Vortex and 1 more | Apr 18, 2019 @ 5:20am 15 hours |
| Jwalk996 | ridden | trail | Anaconda and 1 more | Apr 18, 2019 @ 5:19am 15 hours |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | This section of trail is closed to cyclists | Apr 3, 2019 @ 8:24pm Apr 3, 2019 | ||
| report | Fenceline section is covered in water | Mar 23, 2019 @ 5:44am Mar 23, 2019 | ||
 | trail | Trail is a wider dirt trail. Mainly used for... | Feb 28, 2019 @ 5:16pm Feb 28, 2019 | ||
 | trail | This trail is called “Stonehouse” | Sep 1, 2018 @ 2:39pm Sep 1, 2018 | ||
 | trail | This is not called "Ugly Pants". It is the... | Aug 13, 2018 @ 5:27am Aug 13, 2018 |
Local Badges
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10 Blue Trails9 awardedPeoria -
Completionist0 awardedComlara Park -
10 Green Trails6 awardedPeoria -
Big Ride 30k1 awardedCarpentersville -
10 Blue Trails2 awardedRockford -
Climbing 10k Badge0 awardedRockford
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bison Pump Track | skill park | Peoria | |
| Farmdale Skill Park | skill park | Peoria | |
| Salt Creek dirtjumps | skill park | Villa Park | |
| The Garden Dirt Jumps | skill park | Chicago |
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