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Illinois
238 trails, 2,684 km (1,668 miles) of mapped rail-trail.
| Trail | Surface | Status | km | miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Island Trail · also CO, MO, NE | Paved | unverified | 166 | 103 |
| Grand Illinois Trail - Bureau to East Moline | Dirt | unverified | 99.2 | 61.6 |
| Great Western Trail · also CO, IA | Paved | unverified | 93.5 | 58.1 |
| Tunnel Hill State Trail | Paved | unverified | 89.7 | 55.7 |
| Grand Illinois Trail - Joliet to Bureau (Greenway) | Dirt | unverified | 85.0 | 52.8 |
| Heritage Trail · also GA, IA, IN, KS, NV, OH | Paved | unverified | 84.0 | 52.2 |
| Des Plaines River Trail | Gravel | unverified | 75.3 | 46.8 |
| Fox River Trail · also WI | Paved | unverified | 73.7 | 45.8 |
| Grand Illinois Trail - McHenry to Maywood | Paved | unverified | 67.3 | 41.8 |
| Great River Trail (Greenway) | Paved | unverified | 65.5 | 40.7 |
| Badger State Trail · also WI | Paved | unverified | 63.6 | 39.6 |
| Interurban Trail (Trolley trail) · also CO, IA, MI, MO, OH, WA | Paved | unverified | 58.7 | 36.5 |
| Grand Illinois Trail - Lansing to Joliet | Paved | unverified | 53.5 | 33.3 |
| Hennepin Canal Parkway (Canal towpath) | Dirt | unverified | 50.9 | 31.6 |
| MCT Nickel Plate Trail | Paved | unverified | 44.9 | 27.9 |
| Millennium Trail | Paved | unverified | 40.6 | 25.2 |
| Route 66 Trail · also AZ | Paved | unverified | 39.9 | 24.8 |
| Wauponsee Glacial Trail | Dirt | unverified | 35.9 | 22.3 |
| West Branch DuPage River Trail | Paved | unverified | 33.1 | 20.6 |
| Centennial Trail · also CO, MN, MT, OK | Paved | unverified | 32.4 | 20.1 |
| MCT Goshen Trail | Paved | unverified | 30.6 | 19.0 |
| Metro Bike Link Trail | Paved | unverified | 30.4 | 18.9 |
| Lakefront Trail | Paved | unverified | 30.1 | 18.7 |
| Robert McClory Bike Path | Paved | unverified | 29.5 | 18.3 |
| Jane Addams Trail | Dirt | unverified | 28.1 | 17.5 |
| MCT Quercus Grove Trail | Paved | unverified | 27.4 | 17.1 |
| MCT Confluence Trail (Greenway) | Paved | unverified | 26.0 | 16.1 |
| North Branch Red Trail | Paved | unverified | 25.6 | 15.9 |
| Schoolhouse Trail | Paved | unverified | 24.0 | 14.9 |
| Long Prairie Trail Bike Path | Paved | unverified | 23.2 | 14.4 |
| Lincoln Prairie Trail (Greenway) | Paved | unverified | 23.0 | 14.3 |
| Sangamon Valley Trail | Paved | unverified | 21.8 | 13.5 |
| Nature Trail · also PA | Paved | unverified | 20.0 | 12.4 |
| Cal-Sag Trail | Paved | unverified | 19.3 | 12.0 |
| McHenry County Prairie Trail | Dirt | unverified | 19.2 | 11.9 |
| Pecatonica Prairie Path | Dirt | unverified | 19.0 | 11.8 |
| Main Trail · also CA, WA | Dirt | unverified | 18.9 | 11.7 |
| Salt Creek Trail (Greenway) | Paved | unverified | 18.7 | 11.6 |
| North Shore Channel Trail | Paved | unverified | 18.7 | 11.6 |
| Illinois Prairie Path Aurora Branch | Paved | unverified | 18.6 | 11.5 |
| North Central DuPage Regional Trail (Greenway) | Paved | unverified | 18.5 | 11.5 |
| Virgil Gilman Trail | Paved | unverified | 17.2 | 10.7 |
| Willow Creek Trail · also CA, IA | Paved | unverified | 16.8 | 10.4 |
| Lincoln Prairie Grass Trail | Paved | unverified | 16.2 | 10.1 |
| Poplar Creek Trail | Paved | unverified | 15.6 | 9.7 |
| Illinois and Michigan Canal Trail (Canal towpath) | Paved | unverified | 15.2 | 9.4 |
| DuPage River Trail | Paved | unverified | 14.7 | 9.2 |
| Skokie Valley Trail | Paved | unverified | 14.7 | 9.1 |
| I & M Canal Bicycle Trail (Canal towpath) | Paved | unverified | 14.0 | 8.7 |
| Sag Valley Trail System (Greenway) | Dirt | unverified | 13.9 | 8.6 |
| Kickapoo Rail Trail | Paved | unverified | 13.6 | 8.5 |
| Yellow Trail · also NJ | Crushed stone | unverified | 12.3 | 7.6 |
| Glen Carbon Heritage Trail | Paved | unverified | 12.0 | 7.5 |
| Busse Forest Trails Red Paved | Paved | unverified | 11.8 | 7.3 |
| North Shore Bike Path | Paved | unverified | 11.5 | 7.2 |
| Constitution Trail Illinois Central Branch | Paved | unverified | 11.3 | 7.0 |
| Palos Trail System | Dirt | unverified | 11.3 | 7.0 |
| Constitution Trail Southtown Branch | Paved | unverified | 11.1 | 6.9 |
| Red Paved Trail | Paved | unverified | 11.1 | 6.9 |
| Rend Lake Bike Trail | Paved | unverified | 10.9 | 6.7 |
| Galena River Trail | Paved | unverified | 10.7 | 6.7 |
| River Bend Trail · also MN, WI | Paved | unverified | 10.6 | 6.6 |
| Hebron Trail | Crushed stone | unverified | 10.5 | 6.5 |
| River Trail of Illinois | Paved | unverified | 10.2 | 6.3 |
| Rock Island Greenway | Paved | unverified | 10.1 | 6.3 |
| Midland Trail · also CO | Paved | unverified | 9.9 | 6.2 |
| Fort Hill Trail | Paved | unverified | 9.6 | 6.0 |
| Sam Vadalabene Bike Trail | Paved | unverified | 9.6 | 5.9 |
| Major Taylor Bicycle Trail | Paved | unverified | 9.5 | 5.9 |
| Stone Bridge Trail | Paved | unverified | 9.2 | 5.7 |
| Washington Recreational Trail | Paved | unverified | 9.2 | 5.7 |
| Sam Vadalabene Trail | Paved | unverified | 9.1 | 5.7 |
| Illinois Prairie Path Geneva Spur | Paved | unverified | 8.9 | 5.6 |
| Joe Stengel Trail | Dirt | unverified | 8.9 | 5.5 |
| Springbrook Prarie Trail | Gravel | unverified | 8.9 | 5.5 |
| Lost Bridge Trail | Paved | unverified | 8.9 | 5.5 |
| Des Plaines River Orange Trail (North) | Dirt | unverified | 8.8 | 5.5 |
| Constitution Trail Collegiate Branch | Paved | unverified | 8.8 | 5.4 |
| Southern Dupage Regional Trail | Paved | unverified | 8.4 | 5.2 |
| Burnham Greenway | Paved | unverified | 8.4 | 5.2 |
| GB - Green Bay Trail - Cook County | Paved | unverified | 8.4 | 5.2 |
| Veterans Memorial Trail | Surface unknown | unverified | 8.0 | 5.0 |
| Constitution Trail Interurban Branch (Trolley trail) | Paved | unverified | 7.8 | 4.9 |
| Randall Road Trail | Paved | unverified | 7.7 | 4.8 |
| Valley Line Trail | Paved | unverified | 7.6 | 4.7 |
| Algonquin Road Trail (Greenway) | Paved | unverified | 7.6 | 4.7 |
| Paul Douglas Red Paved Trail | Paved | unverified | 7.6 | 4.7 |
| Constitution Trail Bloomer Line Branch | Paved | unverified | 7.5 | 4.7 |
| Palatine Bike Trail | Paved | unverified | 7.5 | 4.7 |
| Orange Trail · also MI, TX | Paved | unverified | 7.4 | 4.6 |
| Wolf Lake Trail · also IN | Paved | unverified | 7.3 | 4.5 |
| North Branch Black Paved Trail | Paved | unverified | 7.2 | 4.5 |
| Pekin Park Bike Trail | Paved | unverified | 7.0 | 4.4 |
| Joliet Junction Trail | Surface unknown | unverified | 7.0 | 4.4 |
| Kirk-Fabyan Regional Trail | Paved | unverified | 6.9 | 4.3 |
| Orchard Loop Trail | Paved | unverified | 6.9 | 4.3 |
| Waubonsie Trail | Paved | unverified | 6.8 | 4.2 |
| George Rogers Clark Discovery Trail | Paved | unverified | 6.7 | 4.2 |
| Illinois Prairie Path Batavia Spur | Paved | unverified | 6.6 | 4.1 |
| Lake Defiance Trail (Greenway) | Surface unknown | unverified | 6.0 | 3.7 |
| Tinley Creek Paved Trail | Paved | unverified | 5.8 | 3.6 |
| Lowell Parkway Trail | Surface unknown | unverified | 5.8 | 3.6 |
| Arie Crown Forest Unpaved Trails | Dirt | unverified | 5.5 | 3.4 |
| Spring Creek Greenway (Greenway) | Surface unknown | unverified | 5.5 | 3.4 |
| North Avenue Commuter Trail | Dirt | unverified | 5.3 | 3.3 |
| The H.U.M. trail | Crushed stone | unverified | 5.2 | 3.2 |
| Bloomingdale Trail | Paved | unverified | 5.2 | 3.2 |
| Connector Trail · also MI, NJ | Gravel | unverified | 4.9 | 3.0 |
| Brunner Trail | Crushed stone | unverified | 4.7 | 2.9 |
| Constitution Trail Northtown Branch | Paved | unverified | 4.6 | 2.9 |
| Deer Grove - Red Trail | Paved | unverified | 4.5 | 2.8 |
| White Oak Trail (2.7 mi) | Crushed stone | unverified | 4.4 | 2.7 |
| Leatherleaf Bog Trail (Greenway) | Surface unknown | unverified | 4.3 | 2.7 |
| East Northbrook Trail | Paved | unverified | 4.3 | 2.7 |
| Heroes Trail | Paved | unverified | 4.2 | 2.6 |
| Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail | Paved | unverified | 4.2 | 2.6 |
| Normantown Trail | Paved | unverified | 4.0 | 2.5 |
| Black Paved Trail (Greenway) | Paved | unverified | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Casey Trail & Greenway | Paved | unverified | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Delyte W. Morris Trail | Paved | unverified | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| El Paso Bike Trail | Surface unknown | unverified | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Pennsy Greenway | Paved | unverified | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Tinley Creek Blue Paved Trail | Paved | unverified | 3.8 | 2.4 |
| Mudline Trail | Paved | unverified | 3.8 | 2.4 |
| Fox River Trail (2.0 mi) | Surface unknown | unverified | 3.6 | 2.2 |
| Eldorado Bike Path | Paved | unverified | 3.5 | 2.2 |
| Tinley Creek Green Trail | Paved | unverified | 3.5 | 2.2 |
| Wabash Trail | Paved | unverified | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| McDonald Woods Trail | Crushed stone | unverified | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| Lyons Woods Trails | Crushed stone | unverified | 3.3 | 2.0 |
| GB - Green Bay Trail - Lake County | Dirt | unverified | 3.2 | 2.0 |
| Greene Trail | Crushed stone | unverified | 3.2 | 2.0 |
| North Branch Blue Paved (Non-FPCC) Trail | Paved | unverified | 3.2 | 2.0 |
| Bluff Trail | Paved | unverified | 3.1 | 2.0 |
| Richland Creek Bike Trail | Paved | unverified | 3.1 | 1.9 |
| Sauk Trail Forest Preserve | Paved | unverified | 3.0 | 1.9 |
| Hawk Trail (2.6 mi) | Surface unknown | unverified | 3.0 | 1.9 |
| Salt Creek Greenway | Paved | unverified | 2.8 | 1.7 |
| Confluence Bike Trail | Dirt | unverified | 2.7 | 1.7 |
| Weber Spur Trail | Gravel | unverified | 2.7 | 1.7 |
| South Park Trail | Paved | unverified | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| Elgin Township Trail | Surface unknown | unverified | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| Stone Mill Trail | Paved | unverified | 2.4 | 1.5 |
| LaGrange Road Trail | Surface unknown | unverified | 2.3 | 1.4 |
| Peace Road Trail | Paved | unverified | 2.3 | 1.4 |
| East Branch DuPage River Trail | Paved | unverified | 2.2 | 1.4 |
| Thunderbird Trail | Dirt | unverified | 2.2 | 1.4 |
| MCT Watershed Trail | Paved | unverified | 2.2 | 1.4 |
| Purple Trail · also TX | Paved | unverified | 2.1 | 1.3 |
| Air Mobility Trail | Paved | unverified | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| Grove Road Trail | Paved | unverified | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| Sunflower Trail | Gravel | unverified | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| Shiloh Trail | Paved | unverified | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| Cinder Path | Dirt | unverified | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| Bauer Bridge Trail | Surface unknown | unverified | 1.9 | 1.1 |
| Union Pacific Trail | Paved | unverified | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| Tinley Creek Black Paved Trail | Paved | unverified | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Brown Unpaved | Dirt | unverified | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| Evanston Lakefront Trail | Paved | unverified | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| Deer Grove - Black Trail | Paved | unverified | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| Oak Spur Trail | Crushed stone | unverified | 1.7 | 1.0 |
| Kenosha County Bicycle Trail | Paved | unverified | 1.6 | 1.0 |
| Arroyo Trails | Surface unknown | unverified | 1.6 | 1.0 |
| Valley Trail (1.0 mi) | Crushed stone | unverified | 1.6 | 1.0 |
| Morrison-Rockwood Trail | Surface unknown | unverified | 1.4 | 0.9 |
| Illinois & Michigan Canal State Trail (Canal towpath) | Dirt | unverified | 1.4 | 0.9 |
| Steve Ravanesi Trail | Surface unknown | unverified | 1.4 | 0.9 |
| Main Line (Columbus-Chicago) | Surface unknown | unverified | 1.4 | 0.9 |
| Route 137 Bull Creek Trail | Gravel | unverified | 1.4 | 0.8 |
| Illini Trail | Paved | unverified | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Canal Street Bikeway (Canal towpath) | Paved | unverified | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Cinder Road | Surface unknown | unverified | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Longmeadow Trail | Paved | unverified | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| McKinley Bridge Bikeway | Paved | unverified | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Tan Unpaved Spur (North) | Dirt | unverified | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Tinley Creek Yellow Paved Trail | Paved | unverified | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Railroad Prairie Trail | Dirt | unverified | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Southern Levee Trail | Paved | unverified | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Klein Creek Trail | Paved | unverified | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| Thorn Creek Red Paved Trail | Paved | unverified | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| Black Road Trail Connector | Paved | unverified | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| West Belleville Bikeway | Paved | unverified | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| Leroy Oakes East Trail | Paved | unverified | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| Cenacle Trail | Paved | unverified | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Red Unpaved Spur (South) | Dirt | unverified | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Michael C Oliveri Memorial Trail | Surface unknown | unverified | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Lyons Woods Forest Preserve Trail | Crushed stone | unverified | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Signal Hill Bike Trail | Paved | unverified | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Tinley Creek Orange Paved Trail | Paved | unverified | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail | Surface unknown | unverified | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Boul Avenue Trail | Paved | unverified | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Orange Unpaved Spur (South) | Dirt | unverified | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Red Unpaved Spur (North) | Dirt | unverified | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Purple Unpaved (North) | Crushed stone | unverified | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Oak Forest Heritage Preserve Trail System (Greenway) | Paved | unverified | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Pecatonica Trail | Surface unknown | unverified | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Brown Paved Spur (Non-FPCC) | Surface unknown | unverified | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Railroad Drive | Dirt | unverified | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| IC (converted into footpath) | Paved | unverified | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Rock Run Greenway Trail | Paved | unverified | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Greene Trail (2.3 mi) | Dirt | unverified | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Kestrel Trail (0.3 mi) | Dirt | unverified | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Blue Paved | Paved | unverified | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Red Gate Bridge Trail | Surface unknown | unverified | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Southern DuPage County Regional Trail | Paved | unverified | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Black Unpaved Spur (North) | Dirt | unverified | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| North Branch Trail | Paved | unverified | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Green Unpaved Spur (South) | Gravel | unverified | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Jimmy Thomas Nature Trail | Paved | unverified | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| 167th Street Trail | Surface unknown | unverified | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| South Loop Trail | Paved | unverified | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| MCT Schoolhouse Trail | Paved | unverified | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Green Unpaved Spur (North) | Surface unknown | unverified | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Tan Unpaved Spur (South) | Dirt | unverified | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Lakefront Trail Connector | Paved | unverified | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Miller Meadow Trail Yellow Paved Spur (South) | Paved | unverified | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Black Unpaved Spur (South) | Dirt | unverified | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Red Gate Trail | Surface unknown | unverified | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Busse Forest Trails Oakton Spur | Paved | unverified | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Waubonsie Creek Trail | Paved | unverified | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Green Unpaved Spur (Central) | Surface unknown | unverified | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Purple Unpaved Spur (South) | Surface unknown | unverified | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Libertyville Branch | Surface unknown | unverified | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Winfield Mounds | Surface unknown | unverified | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Miller Meadow Trail Brown Paved Spur (North) | Paved | unverified | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Brown Unpaved Spur | Surface unknown | unverified | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Blue Unpaved Spur | Dirt | unverified | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Purple Unpaved Spur (East) | Gravel | unverified | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Des Plaines River Trail Tan Unpaved Spur | Dirt | unverified | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Goose Island Branch | Paved | unverified | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Major Taylor Trail | Paved | unverified | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Suspension Bridge | Dirt | unverified | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| North Branch Blue Paved (North) Trail | Paved | unverified | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Illinois Prairie Path | Crushed stone | unverified | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| North Branch Brown Unpaved Trail | Paved | unverified | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Busse Forest Trails Northwest Point Spur | Paved | unverified | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chicago Heights Subdivision | Surface unknown | unverified | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Orland Grassland Paved Red Loop Trail | Paved | unverified | 0.0 | 0.0 |