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Lick Creek Preserve Hiking and Bike Trail
4.9 ★★★★★ 26 Google reviews · Running trail in Springfield, Illinois · Hours vary
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Loop distance
- Not reported
- Shape
- Loop
- Shade
- Tree cover
- Access
- Not reported
Confirmed from Lick Creek Preserve Hiking and Bike Trail's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
What runners say about Lick Creek Preserve Hiking and Bike Trail
“Very enjoyable single file trail, mostly wooded and in the shade!”
Very enjoyable single file trail, mostly wooded and in the shade! We didn’t have any issues with poison ivy. There is the occasional poison ivy in the woods, none on the trail. As far as I know, Virginia creeper don’t do anything anyway and we didn’t see much of that either.
It's been raining so the trail is quite muddy but still was a pleasure to walk. We had the trail to ourselves for about 95% of the time we were out there. Loved every second of it, and made it to the bridge in time to watch the sunset.
Good spot for trail running. South of the bridge is +/- 1.5 mile loop. East-west trail is one mile point-to-point that butts up to bike trail.
Great energy here and good fishing. The biking trails are good theres easy ones and hard!
Trail conditions & character
“Very enjoyable single file trail, mostly wooded and in the shade!”
“Once you get to the loop trail it’s all shaded again with nice views of the lake.”
Plan your run at Lick Creek Preserve Hiking and Bike Trail
The practical stuff
- AccessHours vary — hours are not posted for this trail, so check before an early or late run
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeRunners describe real tree cover here — it makes a summer afternoon workable
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