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Trails with Mile Markers in Illinois

Illinois has 28 trails with mile markers in this directory, across 27 cities and towns — Peoria, Barrington, Belleville, Bolingbrook and 23 more. Marked miles for pacing and measured intervals, for when GPS drifts under trees.

Labels come from each trail's own listing, its website and runners' reviews. Conditions change with the weather and the season, and gates and lights follow the park's own hours, so check a recent review before you drive out.

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Use the filters to narrow these by surface, loop, distance, shade, lighting, restrooms, water and parking.

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Ferne Clyffe State Park

4.8 ★★★★★ 2,089 reviews

Goreville, IL

ScenicDog-friendly

Scenic 2,430-acre park featuring striking rock formations, fishing, a waterfall & hiking trails.

Forest Park Nature Center

4.8 ★★★★★ 1,142 reviews

Peoria Heights, IL

LoopShadedScenic

Over 500 acres of nature preserve featuring trails, a natural history museum & a bird observatory.

Greene Valley

4.7 ★★★★★ 986 reviews

Bolingbrook, IL

MixedShadedScenicDog-friendly

Massive park with trails for hiking & cross-country skiing, plus picnic areas & camping facilities.

Pilcher Park Nature Center

4.7 ★★★★★ 828 reviews

Joliet, IL

PavedScenic

Nature center with displays about local wildlife, picnic grounds & extensive hiking/biking trails.

Hastings Lake Forest Preserve

4.8 ★★★★★ 790 reviews

Lake Villa, IL

2 miLoopMixedShaded

Preserve with 4 mi. of trails through forest, fields & wetlands, plus picnic areas & a playground.

Funks Grove Nature Spaces

4.8 ★★★★★ 497 reviews

McLean, IL

Scenic

Relaxed preserve with a nature center and playground with a sandbox and stream.

Songbird Slough

4.5 ★★★★★ 435 reviews

Itasca, IL

PavedScenicDog-friendly

393-acre secluded preserve offering picnic space & a trail amid wetlands, fishing ponds & prairies.

Pleasant Ridge Park

4.6 ★★★★★ 343 reviews

Fairview Heights, IL

LoopShadedScenicDog-friendly

Spacious 95-acre park featuring a log cabin built in 1850, plus a playground & picnic facilities.

Black Partridge Park

4.7 ★★★★★ 327 reviews

Metamora, IL

LoopScenicDog-friendly

Public park with picnic and play areas, plus baseball fields, trails, and a forest.

Cap Sauers Holding Nature Preserve

4.6 ★★★★★ 218 reviews

Palos Park, IL

LoopCrushed gravelScenicDog-friendly

Wooded area with footpaths & gravel trails for hiking & biking, with no dogs allowed.

Humiston Woods Nature Preserve

4.8 ★★★★★ 185 reviews

Pontiac, IL

Scenic

Scenic preserve with hiking paths, deer and wildflowers, as well as a fishing pond for kids.

Sylvan Island Gateway Park

4.6 ★★★★★ 148 reviews

Moline, IL

Mixed

Park featuring paved walking and biking paths, a bridge leading to hiking trails, and fishing.

Kinsey Park

4.8 ★★★★★ 122 reviews

Peoria, IL

Natural surface

Wooded area with mountain-biking trails featuring an Oz theme, plus walking paths.

Illinois River Bluff Trail

4.8 ★★★★★ 120 reviews

Peoria, IL

ShadedScenic

Rough, hilly hiking trail stretching 7 mi. along the Illinois River bluff from Camp Wokanda to Detweiller Park, with a tunnel under Illinois Route 6.

Des Plaines River Trail and Greenway

4.8 ★★★★★ 112 reviews

Wadsworth, IL

LoopCrushed gravelScenic

Scenic gravel route, featuring a lake, popular for hiking, biking and running.

Tawny Oaks Visitor Center

4.7 ★★★★★ 109 reviews

Edelstein, IL

LoopShadedDog-friendly

Scenic woodland featuring hiking trails, picnic tables and a visitors center.

Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve

4.6 ★★★★★ 102 reviews

Prairie Du Rocher, IL

1.4 miLoopScenicDog-friendly

Fossil-rich bluff features trails with sweeping vistas, steep inclines and wooden staircases.

Julius J Knobeloch Woods Nature Preserve

4.6 ★★★★★ 97 reviews

Belleville, IL

75 miLoopNatural surfaceScenic

Nature preserve with short, kid-friendly hiking trails and informational placards.

Spring Creek Preserve

4.8 ★★★★★ 82 reviews

Washington, IL

LoopPavedScenicDog-friendly

Area for hiking and woodland walks, featuring a nature trail and picnic tables.

Penny Road Pond

4.3 ★★★★☆ 81 reviews

Barrington, IL

ScenicDog-friendly

Calm forest preserve featuring hiking trails, ponds, picnic tables and fishing.

Chautauqua Bottoms (Freeman Street Trailhead)

4.7 ★★★★★ 60 reviews

Carbondale, IL

Scenic

Nature preserve with trails for walking, jogging, and biking, plus seasonal wildflowers.

Stemler Cave Woods Preserve Trails

4.4 ★★★★☆ 64 reviews

Columbia, IL

2 miLoopCrushed gravelDog-friendly

Well-kept nature preserve and trail network featuring a 2-mile-plus loop along with woodlands, prairies and sinkholes.

Sweet Woods Forest Preserve

4.6 ★★★★★ 55 reviews

Glenwood, IL

MixedScenicDog-friendly

Beautiful area with paved and unpaved trails for walking, running and biking.

Bohm Woods Nature Preserve

4.4 ★★★★☆ 54 reviews

Edwardsville, IL

2 miLoopNatural surface

Nature preserve offering forests & grasslands, including a seasonal 90-acre hunting area.

Lyon Forest Preserve

4.5 ★★★★★ 51 reviews

Yorkville, IL

ShadedScenic

Sprawling park featuring boardwalks and a hill offering walking paths and trails through a wooded landscape, plus geocaches.

Blackberry Nature Trail

4.8 ★★★★★ 44 reviews

Sesser, IL

LoopPavedDog-friendly

Illiniwek MTB Trailhead

4.7 ★★★★★ 14 reviews

East Moline, IL

Alpine Trail

4.3 ★★★★☆ 4 reviews

Rockford, IL

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