Rail-Trail
State: WI Length: 12 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt
Broad blue skies strung with white cloud wisps; gem-green fields harboring cattails and butterflies; canopied glens giving way to cavernous quarries. It's all part of the ride on the 12-mile Bugline Recreation Trail in and around Menomonee Falls, ...
State: WI Length: 17 miles Surface: Asphalt
NOTE: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources requires a trail pass for cyclists and inline skaters for the Nine Springs E-way portion of this trail (9 miles), but Dane County provides free passes for frequent commuters. If you want to ...
State: IL Length: 3.20 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Chain O' Lakes Bike Path is a paved trail that runs between E. Grand Avenue in Fox Lake and Grant Woods Forest Preserve to the east. The trail parallels the railroad track and Rollins Road/CR 31, passing by the Ingleside Metra station before ...
State: WI Length: 1.50 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The City of Franklin Hike and Bike Trail follows a corridor originally used by the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light, an interurban railroad in southeastern Wisconsin. The corridor was later acquired by Wisconsin Electric Power Company, which ...
State: IL Length: 56.30 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The Des Plaines River Trail and Greenway traverses north–south along the route of its namesake river along its course through both Lake and Cook counties. The corridor protects 85% of the riverine habitat in the county. The 56+-mile trail ...
State: IL Length: 2.70 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Dorr Road Bike Path begins at South Beloit Municipal Park and parallels the roadway for its entire length. The views are primarily residential. After about three-quarters of a mile (from the northern endpoint), a short spur along Prairie ...
State: WI Length: 25 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The Eisenbahn State Trail (a.k.a the Eden to West Bend Trail) occupies a former Chicago and North Western Railroad corridor that was originally called the "Air Line" because of its direct route passenger service between Chicago and Green Bay. ...
State: WI Length: 51.60 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone
Note: Trail passes are required year-round for cyclists and inline skaters, ages 16 and up. You can buy them at self-registration stations on the trail or at select parks and private businesses. The passes are good for all state trails. Hikers ...
State: WI Length: 8.60 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone
Before hopping on the Glacial River Trail to see the sights, consider beginning your journey at the Hoard Historical Museum in Fort Atkinson. The museum is named after the Hoard family behind the nationally distributed dairy farm magazine "Hoard's ...
State: IL Length: 3.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
The H.U.M. Trail (a.k.a. the Huntley–Union–Morengo Trail) runs for 3.5 miles, arrow-straight, next to the old railroad tracks between Morengo and Union. This pleasant corridor passes among cultivated fields between to the two towns, ...
State: WI Length: 13.50 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The Hank Aaron State Trail (HAST) follows the Menomonee River from Lake Michigan west about 13.5 miles. Before settlement, the river valley was a wild rice marsh and home to Native Americans. In the 1800s the valley was filled in to pave the ...
State: IL Length: 5.20 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Gravel
Open to runners, walkers, bikers and equestrians, the rustic and rural Hebron Trail provides the perfect nature escape. The trail does include a very small section of road that crosses an active rail line, but it is a lightly used county road. ...
The Hononegah Recreation Path begins near the Route 2 bridge over the Rock River in Rockton, a small town about 4 miles south of the Illinois/Wisconsin border. The paved trail follows Hononegah Road (County Highway 8) southeast for 3 miles, ...
State: WI Length: 18.60 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Kenosha County Bike Trail runs north from the Illinois state line (at 128th Street/SR131) north to 89th Street at the south end of Kenosha. It's a straight short north through mixed urban and wooded greenways. In north Kenosha, the trail ...
State: IL Length: 0.60 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Gravel
From Main Street and Elevator Road in Roscoe, the scenic Kinstone Recreational Path winds its way northeast through woodlands along the north branch of Kinnikinnick Creek to the Stone Bridge Trail. Alternatively, you can head southwest from ...
State: WI Length: 13 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The Lake Country Recreation Trail is located on the former Milwaukee - Watertown Interurban Railway. It was popular in the late 1800's as a direct like between Waukesha and the Oconomowoc lake country. This 13-mile recreation trail now utilizes ...
State: WI Length: 10 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete, Crushed Stone
The Lake Michigan Pathway extends 9.8 miles along the Racine lakeshore. On the north side of Racine, it connects to Racine County's MRK trail at 3 Mile road and South Street. On the south side of Racine, it connects to Racine County' North Shore ...
State: IL Length: 2 miles Surface: Asphalt
Although a relatively short trail, the Leland Path provides an important connection between the Hononegah Recreation Path and the Stone Bridge Trail. The pleasant, tree-dotted pathway travels through residential neighborhoods, as well as some ...
State: IL Length: 14.43 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Long Prairie Trail began life as a section of the Kenosha Division Rail Line in the 1850s, when most small communities in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin were serviced by the crisscrossing tracks of the "KD" Line as it traveled ...
State: WI Length: 5 miles Surface: Ballast, Crushed Stone, Gravel
Racine County's eastern edge is home to two rail-trails plus a stellar connecting trail between them. Because the county standardized its signs a few years back you won't see specific rail-trail names on display (look for Racine County Bikepath ...
State: IL Length: 14.20 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete, Crushed Stone
The planned 35 miles of the Millennium Trail will eventually connect communities and forest preserves in Lake County's central, western and northern sections. The first segment of the trail opened in 2002 at Lakewood Forest Preserve in Wauconda. ...
State: IL Length: 10 miles Surface: Asphalt, Gravel
Safe biking trail along River Road in McHenry, along with state park biking trails
State: WI Length: 6.70 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt
The Muskego Recreation Trail follows a corridor originally used by the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light, an interurban railroad in southeastern Wisconsin. The corridor was later acquired by Wisconsin Electric Power Company, which is known ...
State: WI Length: 7 miles Surface: Asphalt
The New Berlin Trail runs east–west, arrow straight, through Milwaukee's western suburbs, between Waukesha and West Allis. You will find a very smooth flat trip with a slight downhill advantage if you travel west to east. The first 5.5 miles ...
State: WI Length: 3 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Gravel
State: WI Length: 96.40 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Oak Leaf Trail (a.k.a. the Old-76 Bike Tour) is the jewel in the crown of Milwaukee County's extensive trail system. The 96.4-mile trail meanders in and around the city of Milwaukee on a changing terrain of flat rural plains and hilly city ...
State: WI Length: 30 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Ozaukee Interurban Trail (Brown Deer Recreational Trail) is an excellent 30-mile, paved path through the communities of Cedar Grove, Belgium, Port Washington, Grafton, Cedarburg, Mequon and Theinsville. The majority of this trail follows ...
The Peace Trail is a scenic tree-shaded route paralleling the Rock River in southern Wisconsin's Janesville. At its northern end, the pathway merges with the Rock River Parkway Trail, which continues east another 2.5 miles along the river. From ...
State: WI Length: 6 miles Surface: Dirt
The Pelishek-Tiffany Nature Trail runs for 6 miles along an abandoned railroad corridor, between the towns of Allens Grove and Clinton. The trail is open to snowmobiles, cyclists, horseback riders and cross-country skiers. The wooded trail passes ...
State: WI Length: 2 miles Surface: Asphalt
Bicycle and pedestrian pathway in parkland along the reconstructed Pike River. A 1.1 mile branch west of the river extends from Old Spring Street south to Oakes Road and along Oakes Road for a short distance. A 0.9 mile branch forms a loop on ...
State: IL Length: 28 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
The Prairie Trail—not to be confused with the Illinois Prairie Path—is a 28-mile route starting just 0.8 mile from the Wisconsin–Illinois boarder in Genoa City, Wisconsin, and ending in Algonquin, Illinois. The trail is a beautiful ...
State: WI Length: 1.70 miles Surface: Concrete
The Richard Bong State Recreation Area, encompassing more than 4,000 acres, is situated in Kansasville, a small town in southeast Wisconsin. The park has amenities for a plethora of activities, including hiking, mountain biking, cross-country ...
State: IL Length: 1.90 miles Surface: Asphalt
Ridgefield Trace runs from the McHenry County College in Crystal Lake to Veteran Acres Park on Walkup Road. Along the way it offers wide open views of rural northern Illinois countryside. In the park, you'll find a nature center, athletic ...
State: IL Length: 0.63 miles Surface: Dirt, Grass, Gravel
The Riverside Recreational Path begins as a gravel lane at the base of Riverside Park on the banks of the Rock River. From there, it continues along Rowena Street, paralleling Route 251, through a residential area until it goes under 251 at ...
State: IL Length: 26.50 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The Robert McClory Bike Trail (formerly the North Shore Bike Path) is notorious for its conglomeration of names over the years. At any given time-and depending on whom you ask-it has been called the Green Bay Trail, the North Shore Trail, and ...
State: WI Length: 2.40 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
The Rock River Parkway Trail in Janesville runs between Rockport Park and S. Jackson Street bridge on the north side of the river. Here, at the trail's eastern terminus, you can easily link to Spring Brook Trail from the end of Riverside Drive. ...
State: IL Length: 0.80 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Rockton Main Street Path is situated off the Rock River on the southern end of downtown Rockton, a charming Midwestern village near the Illinois/Wisconsin border. It begins at Settler's Park, which offers views of the waterway, athletic ...
State: WI Length: 4 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete, Crushed Stone
The Root River Pathway extends 4 miles, east-to-west beginning at the Main Street Bridge and ending in the natural beauty of Colonial Park. As it follows the path of the Root River, the trail includes educational signposts that tell the story ...
State: WI Length: 17.60 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Gravel
The Seven Waters Bike Trail is a scenic corridor stretching more than 17 miles north–south between Burlington and Muskego Lake into Waukesha County. The trail was originally three trails, locally called Burlington, Waterford–Wind Lake ...
State: WI Length: 16.30 miles Surface: Asphalt
Janesville's Spring Brook Trail provides an important non-motorized route to many of the city's popular recreational amenities. The pathway begins just off the eastern terminus of the Rock River Parkway Trail and crosses the river on its journey ...
State: IL Length: 5.80 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
Built on a former rail bed dating back to the 1850s, the Stone Bridge Trail provides a crushed limestone pathway through rural countryside. A highlight of the trail is passage on Stone Bridge over the scenic South Kinnikinnick Creek. Built in ...
State: IL Length: 1.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Stone Mill Trail runs between Lawrence Road just west of Harvard and Maxon Road. The 1.5-mile, paved trail mostly parallels County Highway 17 (Ramer Road) and will eventually be extended along the railroad right-of-way to meet the Long Prairie ...
State: WI Length: 19 miles Surface: Concrete, Crushed Stone, Gravel
As of 2012, the White River State Trail runs for a total of 19 miles in two separate segments. The Walworth County segment is 12 miles long and runs between Elkhorn and just west of the city of Burlington. The Racine County section is 7 miles ...
State: WI Length: 34 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Woodchips
The Wild Goose State Trail is a premier rail-trail, spanning nearly 35 miles in Dodge and Fond du Lac counties. If you are looking for a peaceful and beautiful place to visit, this trail has it all. Almost the entire trail is tree-covered, very ...
State: IL Length: 1 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Williamson Parkway Bike Path offers a pleasant, paved route through a residential area in southern Rockton. The mile-long trail follows its namesake roadway from Freeport Road (also known as S. Blackhawk Boulevard) south to Wagon Wheel Road. ...