Popular Riding Areas

title
Palos Forest Preserve	17	16	5
Wildlife Prairie Park	20	15	2
Rock Cut State Park	18	11	2
Comlara Park	10	6	1
Farmdale Reservoir	7	11	1

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Region Details

Open on Oct 13, 2018

Local Trail Association

(www.trailsforillinois.org)

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Stats

Avg Trail Rating

Global Ranking

#40

Trails

507

Total Distance

598 miles

Total Descent Distance

240 miles

Total Descent

47,308 ft

Highest Trailhead

946 ft

Total Vertical

532 ft

Reports

1,115

Photos

217

Ridden Counter

6,804

Sub Regions

Central (258)
- Metamora (1)
- Alton (1)
- Bloomington (25)
- Chandlerville (0)
- Danville (13)
- Decatur (0)
- Edwardsville (20)
- Lewisburg (6)
- Macomb (9)
- Marshall (5)
- mokena (3)
- Oakwood (0)
- Palos Forest Preserve (2)
- Peoria (143)
- Springfield (27)
- Sullivan (4)
Northern (203)
- Chicagoland (120)
  - Carpentersville (29)
  - Chicago (7)
  - Crystal Lake (0)
  - Glen Ellyn (7)
  - Palos Hills (62)
- Quad Cities (27)
  - Geneseo (13)
  - Moline (10)
  - Port Byron (4)
- Dixon (1)
- Freeport (1)
- Homewood (16)
- Rockford (36)
- Roscoe (2)
Southern (1)
- Carbondale (1)
Lemont (6)
Northbrook (3)
Oswego (28)
Shelbyville (6)
Zion (11)

Popular Illinois Mountain Bike Trails

status	title	region	difficulty	rating
	Bullwhip	Palos Forest Preserve
	Hickory Smoked	Palos Forest Preserve
	Maple Lake East	Palos Forest Preserve
	Lower Dam Trail	Farmdale Reservoir
	Farmdale dam	Farmdale Reservoir
	Spillway	Farmdale Reservoir
	Alt Creekside	Farmdale Reservoir
	Campground Trail	Farmdale Reservoir
	Trackstand	Farmdale Reservoir
	Whistler	Farmdale Reservoir
	T-n-T	Farmdale Reservoir
	Claw Connector	Palos Forest Preserve

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Recent Trail Reports

trail	region	date
Trail B	Fay Pickering Memorial Trails	Oct 13, 2018 @ 12:11pm Oct 13, 2018
Trail D	Fay Pickering Memorial Trails	Oct 13, 2018 @ 12:11pm Oct 13, 2018
Des Plaines River Trail	Chicago	Oct 6, 2018 @ 1:38pm Oct 6, 2018
Bullwhip	Palos Forest Preserve	Sep 30, 2018 @ 1:42pm Sep 30, 2018
Trailhead Connector	Illiniwek Forest Preserve	Sep 25, 2018 @ 11:55am Sep 25, 2018

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Current Trail Warnings

trail	region	date
Capt' Hook	Rock Cut State Park	Jul 4, 2018 @ 2:41pm Jul 4, 2018
1/2 Mile Loop	Glen Ellyn	Jun 18, 2018 @ 5:01pm Jun 18, 2018
Loam Ranger	Dorrance Forest Preserve	Jun 7, 2018 @ 1:16pm Jun 7, 2018

Photos of Illinois Mountain Bike

trail: Fly Like an Eagle

21 |

Oct 6, 2018 @ 1:07am

Oct 6, 2018

Fly Like an Eagle, River Forest

trail: 3 Ravines

7 |

Oct 5, 2018 @ 12:43am

Oct 5, 2018

3 Ravines, Palos Forest Preserve

trail: Plank

9 |

Aug 10, 2018 @ 3:13pm

Aug 10, 2018

Plank, My City

trail: Trail 4

294 |

Dec 16, 2015 @ 4:50am

Dec 16, 2015

| 2 comments Trail 4, Danville

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Videos of Illinois Mountain Bike

Illinois Mountain Bike Routes

title	rating	distance
Whole Enchilada		9 miles
Figure 8 loop		10 miles
Everything Kinsey		6 miles
Black Patridge Loop		8 miles

Recent Comments

username	type	title	comment	date
PowerPantz	trail	The Out & Back (Lobster)	This trail is called “Stonehouse”	Sep 1, 2018 @ 2:39pm Sep 1, 2018
lml427	trail	Campground	This is not called "Ugly Pants". It is the...	Aug 13, 2018 @ 5:27am Aug 13, 2018
mrjordyyy	trail	Scarecrow	Much more fun to ride from the northern end of...	Jul 28, 2018 @ 7:39pm Jul 28, 2018
Brabear86	trail	Campground FR #1	Parts of this trail has long stretches of sand...	Jul 4, 2018 @ 2:48pm Jul 4, 2018
Jeremyrjones	report	RC Classic	Emojis don’t. Wasn’t supposed to be...	Jun 18, 2018 @ 9:06am Jun 18, 2018

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Dmesk	add	ridelog	Oct 19, 2018 ride log	Oct 19, 2018 @ 2:35pm 6 hours
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Drhartz	add	ridelog	Oct 19, 2018 ride log	Oct 19, 2018 @ 12:11pm 8 hours
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