Rail-Trail
State: IL Length: 2.70 miles Surface:
The Bloomingdale Trail is a proposed 2.7-mile, elevated rail-trail on Chicago's northwest side. As a sister project of New York's High Line and Paris's Promenade Plantee, the Bloomingdale is part of a worldwide effort to promote physical activity ...
State: IL Length: 5.30 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Burnham Greenway is composed of two trails—Burnham Greenway North and Burnham Greenway South—that run along a former railroad corridor between Chicago and Lansing, Illinois. There are plans to extend and connect these short sections, ...
State: IN Length: 9.10 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
The Calumet Bike Trail traverses the south side of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, a unique ecosystem of forest, marsh, dunes and beach along Lake Michigan. This dirt and crushed limestone path stretches between two interesting natural ...
State: IL Length: 26 miles Surface:
From the Friends of the Calumet-Sag Trail Web site: The Calumet-Sag Trail will be a multi-use path built almost entirely along the banks of the Calumet-Sag Channel and Calumet River, open by 2012. Along 26 miles of waterway from Lemont in the ...
State: IN Length: 10 miles Surface: Concrete, Crushed Stone
This interconnected system of trails (about 10 miles' worth) courses through the valley of the Wabash River in northwest central Indiana and the former canal town of Delphi. The trail system follows about 2 miles of watered canal, part of the ...
State: IN Length: 15.70 miles Surface: Asphalt
Running from Crown Point to Highland, then picking up again to the west at Wicker Park and running north through Hammond, the Erie Lackawanna Trail passes through wetlands and open space on an unusually wide, paved corridor. The northern section ...
State: IN Length: 5 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Iron Horse Heritage Trail in Portage, Indiana, runs for 5 miles between Max Mochal Road (SR 149) at the east end and County Line Road near US 20 at the west end. The trail passes through a greenway corridor among suburban back yards, though ...
State: IN Length: 1 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Little Turtle Waterway Trail covers 1 mile along the Wabash River and is part of a 5-acre park in downtown Logansport. The rail-trail part of the equation comes from what is called the Gateway, formerly a railroad signal bridge, which was ...
State: IN Length: 2.10 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The Marquette Trail offers picturesque views of Lake Michigan as it travels through the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. This scenic route follows an abandoned rail line through a variety of diverse habitats, including hardwood forests, wetlands ...
State: IN Length: 13.60 miles Surface: Asphalt, Dirt, Gravel
Although the southern portion of the Nickel Plate Trail is 12.7 miles long, it represents the first step toward a 40+-mile rail-trail through north-central Indiana. This segment promises a bounty of dense forests, water views and wildlife. The ...
State: IN Length: 20 miles Surface: Asphalt
The northern segment of the Nickel Plate Trail runs for 20 miles between Peru in the south and Rochester in the north. When complete, the trail will be 40+ miles long, following the former rail corridor of the old Norfolk and Southern Railroad ...
State: IN Length: 9 miles Surface: Asphalt
The North Judson Erie Trail occupies the right-of-way of the former JK Line Railroad, running 9 miles from downtown North Judson southeast to and U.S. 35 near Bass Lake. Eventually, the trail will extend another 7 miles to Monterey where it ...
State: IN Length: 8.30 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Oak Savannah Trail takes its name from the unique ecosystem that it runs through. Once pervasive throughout northern Indiana, the oak savannah is a transitional zone between forest and prairie, with grassland marked by a smattering of oak ...
State: IL Length: 22 miles Surface: Asphalt
The 22-mile Old Plank Road Trail travels over the original Michigan Central Rail Road (MCRR) line, a railroad started about 1850 that ran from Lake Station in East Gary to Joliet. The rail was nicknamed the "Joliet Cut-Off" because it enabled ...
State: IN Length: 21 miles Surface: Asphalt
Indiana's Panhandle Pathway links Winamac to Kenneth and communities in between, 21 miles of paved cycling, skating and walking. This spectacular rail-trail passes through bucolic Midwestern farmland, which seems to stretch across the horizon. ...
State: IL Length: 4 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Pennsy Greenway begins at the south end of the south segment of the Burnham Greenway in Calumet City on the eastern edge of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Green Lake Woods. It proceeds south to Bernice Road, crosses under I-80/94 ...
State: IN Length: 10.30 miles Surface: Asphalt
As its name implies, the beautiful Prairie–Duneland Trail offers snapshots of the flora and fauna—from hardwood forest to remnant prairie grasslands—that once dominated this region. In spite of the rapid development of the south ...
State: IN Length: 1.30 miles Surface: Asphalt
The River Bluff Trail follows the Eel River for 1.3 miles along an elevated, paved surface, traversing some wooded areas. There are no street crossings along the way; the trail stretches between SR 25/Michigan Avenue and Davis Road at Chieftain ...
State: IL Length: 6.80 miles Surface:
From Skokie Valley Trail Feasibility Study: The proposed trail spans 6.8 miles through the Skokie Valley in Cook County, Illinois, extending south from Lake Cook Road in Northbrook to Old Orchard Road just south of Glenview. The corridor runs ...
State: IL Length: 8.20 miles Surface: Asphalt
State: IL Length: 4.60 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Thorn Creek Trail is currently in two segments. This northern section is in the Glenwood area and traverses the south, west and portions of the east border of Wampum Lake Woods Forest Preserve. Along the heavily wooded trail you're bound ...
State: IL Length: 4.70 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Thorn Creek Trail is currently in two segments. This southern section is in Chicago Heights in the Sauk Trail Woods Forest Preserve. The trail makes a wide loop between Forest Preserve Drive and the opposite side (west shore) of Sauk Lake. ...
From Veterans Memorial Trail : In 1999, the Indiana Department of Transportation awarded the Lake County Parks and Recreation Department a grant of $1.4 million towards the construction of the Veterans Memorial Trail, and multi-use, non-motorized ...