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Best Illinois rail trails
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All Illinois trail guides
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Hennepin Canal State Trail
A 104-mile trail following the historic early-1900s Hennepin Canal through northern Illinois farm country, combining towpath walking with canal locks, aqueducts, and wetland scenery.
104 milesCrushed stonePoint to pointState trail
Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail
A 61-mile mostly natural-surface trail following the 1848 Illinois and Michigan Canal towpath from Joliet to LaSalle-Peru, threading the Illinois River Valley and passing historic lock houses, aqueducts, and canal towns.
61 milesNaturalPoint to pointRail trail
Tunnel Hill State Trail
A 45-mile rail-trail through deep southern Illinois forest and the Shawnee Hills, featuring the historic 543-foot Tunnel Hill railroad tunnel and dozens of towering wooden trestles over the rugged Cache River watershed.
45 milesCrushed stonePoint to point