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The Illinois Prairie Path consists of three distinct branches originating from a point just west of downtown Wheaton The northwest branch is called the Elgin Branch and runs approximately 16 miles (26 km) to Elgin , where it intersects with the Fox River Trail 42°0′49.1″N 88°16′29.2″W / 42.013639°N 88.274778°W / 42. ...
As the railway was abandoned, the government of DuPage County made upgrades to the path, and between 1990 through 1992, the trail was converted from a rail grade to a bicycle trail. The 12.7-mile (20.4 km) crushed stone path crosses some farmland and suburban areas. At the east end of the trail is a restored former CGW depot building.
Illinois Prairie Path – Elgin Branch: East of Salt Creek/West Avenue in Elmhurst: Great Western Trail — — CR 56: 1.63: 2.62 CR 33 (75th Street) in Woodridge: CR 31 (87th Street) in Woodridge: Woodward Avenue — — CR 57 — — West DuPage–Kane county line (Kautz Road) CR 43 (County Farm Road) in Winfield: Illinois Prairie Path ...
Fox River Trail (Illinois) 44 71 Northern Illinois: Algonquin, Illinois: Oswego, Illinois: Gandy Dancer State Trail: 98.1 [11] 158 Wisconsin and Minnesota: St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin: Superior, Wisconsin: hiking and biking path George S. Mickelson Trail: 108.8 175 South Dakota: within the Black Hills: Gerard Hiking Trail: 36 58 Pennsylvania
The trail crosses the river in several places and between Batavia and North Aurora the trail splits and runs parallel along both sides. [2] [3] Some of the trail is dedicated-use on the former right of way of the A.,E.&F.R.E.Co. interurban railroad and the C.&N.W.Ry. railroad, but some has been purpose-built along the riverbanks. Using the ...
Illinois Prairie Path, Chicago and vicinity. Interurban Trail, Springfield to Chatham; Jane Addams Trail, Freeport to the Wisconsin state line; Kickapoo Rail Trail, Urbana to Kickapoo State Recreation Area near Danville [12] Long Prairie Trail, Boone County; Lost Bridge Trail, Springfield to Rochester; Nickel Plate Trail, New Douglas to Pontoon ...
As of 2023, Villa Park is working on a Tri-Trail connector project which will connect the trail with both the Illinois Prairie Path and Great Western Trail. [4] The project was completed in 2024. [ 5 ]
Its trail surfaces vary from asphalt trails to low-volume streets to limestone-screened trails. particularly noteworthy is the famous Prairie Path through the western suburbs of Chicago, which was the first long rail-trail development in America, along with the great Chicago Lakefront trail.