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Where to Bike Around Chicago
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CENTENNIAL TRAIL
Location: Willow Springs to Romeoville • Distance: 13 miles • Surface: Asphalt
CAL-SAG TRAIL
Location: Lemont to Palos Heights • Distance: 10 miles • Surface: Asphalt
GREAT WESTERN TRAIL
Location: St. Charles to Sycamore • Distance: 17 miles • Surface: Crushed stone
ILLINOIS PRAIRIE PATH
Location: Cook, Du Page and Kane Counties, with spurs in Aurora, Batavia, Elgin and Geneva that all end at appoints along the Fox River Trail • Distance: 61 miles • Surface: Crushed stone
FOX RIVER TRAIL
Location: Algonquin to Oswego • Distance: 43 miles
DES PLAINES RIVER TRAIL
Location: Wadsworth to Oak Park • Distance: 56 miles • Surface: Crushed stone
ROBERT MCCLORY BIKE PATH
Location: Highland Park to Kenosha • Distance: 27 miles
BUSSE WOODS
Location: Elk Grove Village
PAUL DOUGLAS FOREST PRESERVE
Location: Hoffman Estates
DEER GROVE FOREST PRESERVE
Location: Palatine
CUBA MARSH FOREST PRESERVE
Location: Lake Zurich
NORTH SHORE CHANNEL TRAIL
Location: Chicago to Evanston • Distance: 6.7 miles
I&M CANAL TRAIL
Location: LaSalle to Joliet • Distance: 8.9 miles
WATERFALL GLEN
Location: Lemont • Distance: 9.5 miles • Surface: Crushed stone
GREEN BAY TRAIL
Location: Great Lakes, Illinois to Wilmette • Distance: 9 miles
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