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The Hennepin Canal State Trail, also just called the Hennepin Canal, is an abandoned waterway in northwest Illinois, between the Mississippi River at Rock Island and the Illinois River near Hennepin. The entire canal is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Opened in 1907, the canal was soon abandoned because of railroad competition.
At over 575 miles (925 km) in length, it is the longest trail in Illinois. [1] Parts of it are in the coast-to-coast American Discovery Trail. [2] The Grand Illinois Trail began life in 1992 when three La Salle County residents began exploring ways to connect the existing Hennepin and Illinois & Michigan Canal state trails.
The Mountain Bike Trail is a 6.5-mile trail which circles Stump Pond and is located in the northeastern corner of the park. Some of the other shorter trails are: Clear Lake Trail (3 miles), Nature Trail (0.75 miles), High Lake Trail (1.5 miles), Riverview Trail (2.0 miles), and Brian Plawer Nature Trail (0.9 miles).
Illinois Route 84 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 6 (US 6) south of Colona in Henry County.From US 6, it heads north into the Green Rock neighborhood of Colona, crossing the Hennepin Canal on the south side of town.
(1997) Hearing on H.R. 588, to amend the National Trails System Act to create a new category of long-distance trails to be known as National Discovery Trails, to authorize the American Discovery Trail as the first trail in that category, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1513 a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the ...
Western end of IL 71 / Illinois River Road / I&M Canal Passage overlap: 98.5: 158.5: I&M Canal Passage east (2871st Road) Eastern end of I&M Canal Passage overlap: Rutland Township: 99.0: 159.3: IL 71 east – Oswego: Eastern end of IL 71 overlap: Marseilles: 104.3: 167.9: I&M Canal Passage west (Main Street) – Illini State Park: Western end ...
The trail is 55 miles (89 km) long. The trail is suitable for both hiking and gravel cycling. The trail surface is crushed limestone. During the summer, the surface is hard packed and easily ridden on a road bicycle. However, at other times of the year, the trail may be soft and is better navigated on a gravel bike, mountain bike or hybrid.
The corridor is home to the Kenilworth Trail, a scenic bike and pedestrian trail that runs adjacent to a rarely used freight rail line. [22] In Whittier, disruption to Nicollet Avenue by the '3C' route had brought concern to business owners regarding Eat Street as a business, restaurant and retail corridor of the Whittier neighborhood.