By 1fanmetallica in November, 2009
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 upset I didn't get to enjoy the ride back because it started raining. But besides that great trail including scenic views and it was nice and quiet.
By zbicyclist in September, 2001
"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. It's not particularly scenic, it's flat, and some of the crossings are not optimal (e.g. Milwaukee Avenue). TO CONTINUE ACROSS LAKE COUNTY: At west end of the trail, stay on Hawley Rd west to go through Mundelein. Just before you cross the railroad tracks in Mundelein is a good, cheap Mexican restaurant. Continue west on Hawley, then (carefully!) about 0.5 miles on IL 176 then left on Ivanhoe -- go across the barrier at what seems to be the end of Ivanhoe to continue on ""formerly paved"" Ivanhoe in the Lakewood Forest Preserve past the Lake County Museum and on to Wauconda. Then you can go north on Old Rand, west on Bonner (bike lane), north on Darrell, west on Burnett and you have crossed Lake County, IL completely from east to west and are close to Moraine Hills State Park, McHenry, and the northern part of the Fox River Trail. "
By Jack S. in December, 2000
"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 limestone and paved in different places. Connection to the Des Plaines River Trail."