Illinois trails

Illinois hiking trails

3,150 trails · 3,062 miles of official geometry · every one with a DEM elevation profile. Browse below or filter the live map by length, climbing, steepness, and shape.

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Hiking near Illinois towns

Aurora · Canton · Carbondale · Champaign · Chicago · Clinton · DeKalb · Decatur · Freeport · Godfrey · Harrisburg · Lake Bluff · McHenry · Metropolis · Morris · New Lenox · Peoria · Rockford · Schaumburg · West Frankfort

Notable trails

Lakefront Trail 8.5 mi · 18 ft
Lincoln Park Fitness Course 2.2 mi · 14 ft
Whoopie Cat 3.7 mi · 215 ft
Kinkaid Lake Trail 14.3 mi · 205 ft
Bell Smith Springs 7.3 mi · 153 ft
West Branch DuPage River Trail 4.1 mi · 51 ft
One Horse Gap 8.8 mi · 308 ft
Red Cedar Trail 10.8 mi · 351 ft
North Riverview Trail 1.7 mi · 43 ft
Governor's Trail 7.8 mi · 145 ft
Lusk Creek 16.3 mi · 313 ft
Salt Creek Greenway 2.2 mi · 15 ft
Busse Forest Trails Red Paved 7.3 mi · 44 ft
Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail 8.7 mi · 95 ft
Swan Lake Levee Trail 6.2 mi · 7 ft
Tinley Creek Red Paved Loop 9.3 mi · 81 ft
Horse Trail (Sam Dale Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area) 7.4 mi · 61 ft
Beaver Trail 9.0 mi · 273 ft
Tan Single Track Trail 1.6 mi · 63 ft
Equestrian Trail (Argyle Lake State Park) 6.7 mi · 135 ft

Little Grand Canyon 2.9 mi · 384 ft
Clear Lake Trail 2.9 mi · 77 ft
Blue Single Track Trail 2.2 mi · 83 ft
Yellow Trail (Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area) 8.6 mi · 121 ft
Hickory Creek Bikeway 10.3 mi · 91 ft
Pounds Ridge 3.6 mi · 291 ft
New Gog - Karbers Ridge 8.3 mi · 438 ft
Jubilee 9.5 mi · 107 ft
Sac-Fox Trail (Main Loop) 4.5 mi · 133 ft
North Fork Trail 5.0 mi · 66 ft
Walnut Trail 3.9 mi · 208 ft
River To River Trail 8.6 mi · 231 ft
Godwin 6.8 mi · 384 ft
Sentry Bluff Trail 2.8 mi · 83 ft
Fox River Trail (2.0 mi) 2.2 mi · 18 ft
Black Single Track Trail 4.2 mi · 105 ft
Bay Creek 7.4 mi · 223 ft
Grindstaff Trail 2.4 mi · 371 ft
One Horse Gap Lake 1.8 mi · 36 ft
Riverwalk 1.7 mi · 14 ft