The Chicago area, which encompasses Cook County as well as the counties surrounding Cook, offers a plethora of bike trails, mostly passing though magnificent forest preserves. A number of the trails run well over 20 miles in length.
Here is a listing of Chicago area bike trails I've
biked, with photos and info on each trail.
Blackwell Forest Trail in DuPage County.
Busse Reservoir Bike Trail in northwest Chicagoland
Centennial Trail of southwest Chicagoland
Chicago Lakefront Path
Danada/Herrick Lake Trail in DuPage County
Deer Grove Forest Preserve Mountain Bike Trail of northwestern Chicagoland
Des Plaines River Trail in Lake County (Northern section)
Des Plaines River Trail in Cook County (Southern section)
Fox River Trail in western Chicagoland.
Grant Woods Trail in Lake County
Great Western Trail of western Chicagoland.
Green Bay Trail of northern Chicagoland
Hebron Trail of McHenry County
Illinois Prairie Path of western Chicagoland
I & M Canal Trail of southern Cook County
I & M Canal State Trail (Channahon to LaSalle)
McHenry's Prairie Trail of northwestern Chicagoland
Millennium Trail of Lake County
Moraine Hills State Park in northwest Chicagoland.
North Branch of the Chicago River Trail in northern Chicagoland
North Shore Trail of northern Chicagoland
Old Plank Road Trail of southwest Chicagoland
Palatine Bike Trail in northwest Chicagoland.
Poplar Creek Forest Preserve Trail in northwest Chicagoland
Robert McClory Trail in northern Chicagoland
Rock Run Greenway Trail in southwestern Chicagoland
Veteran Acres/Sterne's Woods mountain bike trails in Crystal Lake
Virgil Gilman Trail in western Chicagoland
Waterfall Glen Forest Trail of southwestern Chicagoland
When I add new trails to my list, I do so at Bike, Hike, and Paddle, so you might want to bookmark this site to get the latest additions to the list.
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