Trail Distance: 12.0 miles
Trail Surface: Natural Groomed (5 to 10 feet wide)
Type of Use: Mountain/Fat Tire
Towns: Mt Prospect, Glenview, Des Plaines, Park Ridge, Wheeling, Deerfield, Northbrook
County: Cook
Intensity of Use: Unknown
Setting: Des Plaines River (Wooded floodplain)
Connecting Trail: Indian Boundary Division
Directions for parking: Parking is available from Dundee Road, on Milwaukee at Winklemann, Des Plaines River Road at Golf, and at Thouy Road.
Trail Map:

Rider's Comments: There is a trail gap between Northwest Highway and Rand Road.  To bypass this, you need to take Des Plaines River Road for half a mile and then go east on Algonquin to reconnect with the trail.

The suggested connecting route for the trail gap is rather unpleasant to ride. An alternative (coming from the south) is to take the Campground Road (A-85) that starts where the trail comes out of the forest preserve at Algonquin Road northwest to Miner Street (Miner is also Dempster St.), then Miner east to Garland Place, then cross Busse Hwy and pick up the trail again.  (BRaisch) 

For More Detailed Information Contact:
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
536 N. Harlem Ave.
River Forest, IL 60305
708-366-9420
 
NIPC
400 W. Madison St.
Chicago, IL 60606
312-454-0400

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