The North Shore Bike Path runs for nearly 8 miles between Lake Bluff and Mundelein, paralleling State Route 176 for the path's entire length. The trail is one of dozens in the Chicagoland area, all of which link to one another for cross-city access to suburbs, parks, business districts and scenic Lake Michigan. At its eastern end, the North Shore Bike Path connects to the
Robert McClory Bike Path at Sheridan Road and Scranton Avenue.
Just east of Libertville, the North Shore Bike Path links to the north–south running
Des Plaines River Trail (east of the river).
You can access the North Shore Bike Path from any where it crosses a road or from the Des Plaines River Trail or Robert McClory Bike Path. There's no official parking for the trail but parking is available in Libertyville and Mundelein.
I started riding from downtown Lake Bluff where the trails begins and rode all the way to Mundelein where the trail ends with my friend. It was so beautiful. The one bad part about the trail us that you have to cross two fairly dangerous roads. I was ...
"This is a rail-to-trail that runs from Lake Bluff (McClory trail) west to Mundelein, paralleling IL 176, and crossing the Des Plaines River trail and passing by Lamb's Farm. The trail provides a east-west link where most of the major routes go north-south. ...
"This trail is a spur going west off of the North Shore Trail at Lake Bluff, IL. Just south of central Lake Bluff, you go down a steep ramp to IL-176 (walk bike). From there the trail goes west to Libertyville, parallel to 176 on the south. Trail is crushed ...