Illinois Prairie Path - Aurora Branch

Before the two parties yesterday, I biked 27 miles on the Aurora Branch, the only section of the Illinois Prairie Path I hadn't yet biked in its entirety. I began in Wheaton, where much of the trail is shrouded by trees with occasional views of lovely homes as seen below. Then you travel through Warrenville, and then on to Aurora. The numerous residential streets are easily crossed, and the 2 largest roads have high overpasses (Route 59 and Eola Road.)



The trail ends in Aurora at the Fox River, where it connects with the Fox River Trail which heads north.


The only tricky section is near the end after you enter Aurora and the trail has turned from gravel to blacktop. It looks like the trail ends at a road and there is a fenced parking area straight ahead of you. Turn right on the road, go a few hundred feet, cross that road and the railroad tracks, and you'll be on the paved trail again which leads to the river. (Thanks to two women riders who showed me the way to go there!)