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Trail Flow (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%
- bi-directional trail
- no data
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 intended direction a trail should be ridden.
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
Contribute Details
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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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Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
- mountain biking recent
- mountain biking (>6 month)
- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
- Downhill Ski
- Backcountry Ski
- Nordic Ski
- Snowmobile
Jump Magnitude Heatmap
Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
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Region Details
- 168
- 6
- 95
- 30
- 3
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 383
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 307
- Trails E-Bike
- 126
- Trails Horse
- 75
- Trails Hike
- 526
- Trails Trail Running
- 350
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 1
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 1
- Trails Snowmobile
- 50
- Trails Snowshoe
- 73
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 101
- Total Distance
- 401 miles
- Total Descent
- 11,197 ft
- Total Vertical
- 656 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,109 ft
- Reports
- 1,521
- Photos
- 129
- Ridden Counter
- 32,894
Sub Regions
- Bureau County (45)
- Bureau (45)
- Hennepin Canal State Park (69)
- Bureau (45)
- Carroll County (0)
- Henry County (58)
- Jo Daviess County (4)
- La Salle County (10)
- Oglesby (10)
- Lee County (13)
- Amboy (0)
- Dixon (12)
- Dixon Park District (13)
- Amboy (0)
- Rock Island County (100)
- Andalusia (26)
- East Moline (0)
- Hampton (10)
- Milan (15)
- Moline (7)
- Stephens Park (1)
- Sylvan Island Park (2)
- Port Byron (6)
- Whiteside County (24)
- Albany (8)
- Fulton (2)
- Morrison (10)
- Prophetstown (4)
- Big Bend SFWA (12)
- Freeport (3)
- Rockford (52)
- Roscoe (2)
Popular Northern Illinois Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founder's 56 Atwood Park Trails | |||
| Blackhawk Atwood Park Trails | |||
| .30 Cal Atwood Park Trails | |||
| Whiz Bang Atwood Park Trails | |||
| Daisy Cutter Atwood Park Trails | |||
| Burn and Turn Atwood Park Trails | |||
| The bob-sled Rock Cut State Park | |||
| Big Wheel Atwood Park Trails | |||
| Sylvan Island Loop Sylvan Island Park | |||
| Gravel Connector Rock Cut State Park | |||
| Flooded creek Rock Cut State Park | |||
| Rock cut Rally Rock Cut State Park | |||
| South System Illiniwek Forest Preserve | |||
| South Climb Illiniwek Forest Preserve | |||
| Trailhead Connector Illiniwek Forest Preserve |
Northern Illinois Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Geneseo Connector Trail Geneseo | 2 miles | |
| Sac Fox Main Loop Loud Thunder Forest Preserve | 5 miles | |
| Johnson-Sauk Bike Route Johnson-Sauk Trail State Recreation Area | 3 miles | |
| Sylvan Island Sylvan Island Park | 3 miles |
Photos of Northern Illinois Mountain Bike
trail: Ryan's Barn Path
0 |
Mar 18, 2023 @ 12:38pm
Mar 18, 2023
trail: Cheese Country Trail
8 |
Sep 18, 2022 @ 8:05am
Sep 18, 2022
trail: Blackhawk
14 |
Jul 1, 2022 @ 1:55pm
Jul 1, 2022
trail: Blackhawk
13 |
Jul 1, 2022 @ 1:55pm
Jul 1, 2022
trail: Blackhawk
9 |
Jul 1, 2022 @ 1:55pm
Jul 1, 2022
trail: Blackhawk
14 |
Jul 1, 2022 @ 1:55pm
Jul 1, 2022Videos of Northern Illinois Mountain Bike
5:27 |
30 |
Sep 9, 2022
9:45 |
29 |
Sep 9, 2022
5:35 |
35 |
Sep 9, 2022
6:57 |
42 |
Sep 9, 2022
trail: Sylvan Island Loop
2:18 |
144 |
Apr 17, 2021 , Moline
trail: Sylvan Island Loop
1:59 |
142 |
Apr 14, 2021 , Moline
trail: Whiz Bang
10:23 |
271 |
Oct 28, 2020 , Rockford
trail: South Descent
2:05 |
174 |
Oct 14, 2020 , Hampton
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Creek Paved Path Rock Cut State Park | Mar 8, 2023 @ 9:48pm Mar 8, 2023 | Ideal | breuer29 | ||
| Bonzer Port Orchard | Feb 19, 2023 @ 4:33am Feb 19, 2023 | Variable | ritzy114 | ||
| Founder's 56 Atwood Park Trails | Jan 26, 2023 @ 1:05am Jan 26, 2023 | Ideal | rdnelson5083 | ||
| Connector to Trailhead Atwood Park Trails | Jan 25, 2023 @ 5:05pm Jan 25, 2023 | Ideal | rdnelson5083 | ||
| Roller Coaster Dixon Park District | Jan 14, 2023 @ 11:27am Jan 14, 2023 | Dry | Tgro | ||
| I. C. Rail Trail Dixon Park District | Jan 14, 2023 @ 11:24am Jan 14, 2023 | Dry | Tgro | ||
| Uncle Rukus Dorrance Forest Preserve | Jan 7, 2023 @ 3:52pm Jan 7, 2023 | Ideal | WillieJacobsz TRAILFORKS | ||
| Parking Area Dorrance Forest Preserve | Jan 7, 2023 @ 3:52pm Jan 7, 2023 | Ideal | WillieJacobsz TRAILFORKS | ||
| Parking Access Dorrance Forest Preserve | Jan 7, 2023 @ 3:52pm Jan 7, 2023 | Ideal | WillieJacobsz TRAILFORKS | ||
| Oakely Dokely Dorrance Forest Preserve | Jan 7, 2023 @ 3:52pm Jan 7, 2023 | Ideal | WillieJacobsz TRAILFORKS |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PlumbBobM | add | region | Hanover | Mar 25, 2023 @ 10:22am 9 hours |
| PlumbBobM | add | region | Stockton | Mar 24, 2023 @ 4:32pm 1 day |
| PlumbBobM | add | region | Warren | Mar 24, 2023 @ 2:29pm 1 day |
| PlumbBobM | add | trail | Prairie Loop and 2 more | Mar 24, 2023 @ 11:46am 1 day |
| PlumbBobM | add | region | Elizabeth | Mar 24, 2023 @ 11:33am 1 day |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | trail | My wife enjoyed this trail more than any... | Oct 9, 2022 @ 10:26am Oct 9, 2022 | ||
 | trail | This was a fun little loop. Nice flow at the end. | Oct 8, 2022 @ 2:28pm Oct 8, 2022 | ||
 | trail | This is an ATV trail, but bikeable, but chunky... | Sep 18, 2022 @ 8:04am Sep 18, 2022 | ||
| trail | Indicated as a 2 way trail. This is incorrect.... | Aug 16, 2022 @ 8:05am Aug 16, 2022 | ||
 | report | Tree down across trail on Creek to Closed Road... | Jun 29, 2022 @ 8:27am Jun 29, 2022 |
Local Badges
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Completionist1 awarded -
Climbing 10k Badge26 awarded -
10 Blue Trails106 awarded -
Big Ride 30k1,485 awarded -
Descent 10k Badge26 awarded -
Epic Ride Climb 2k1 awarded
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 305 | 377 miles | 9,885 ft | 110 miles | 656 ft | 118 | 1,521 | 4 | 17,264 | |||
| E-Bike | 126 | 204 miles | 3,199 ft | 57 miles | 656 ft | 1,381 | 69 | |||||
| Horse | 75 | 141 miles | 1,985 ft | 36 miles | 574 ft | 125 | 1 | |||||
| Hike | 522 | 367 miles | 11,112 ft | 111 miles | 656 ft | 1,514 | 4 | 1,133 | ||||
| Trail Running | 350 | 355 miles | 10,827 ft | 108 miles | 656 ft | 11 | 1,514 | 1 | 205 | |||
| Dirtbike/Moto | 1 | 46 miles | 607 ft | 15 miles | 259 ft | 125 | 2 | |||||
| ATV/ORV/OHV | 1 | 46 miles | 607 ft | 15 miles | 259 ft | 125 | 1 | |||||
| Snowmobile | 50 | 162 miles | 1,312 ft | 45 miles | 656 ft | |||||||
| Snowshoe | 73 | 179 miles | 1,867 ft | 45 miles | 591 ft | 22 | 23 | |||||
| Nordic Ski | 101 | 88 miles | 1,552 ft | 26 miles | 574 ft | 3 | 115 |
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