Hiking Trails Across the Preserves

Trail Preview

Check out our various hiking trails across the seven preserves! These trails add up to 47 miles of walkable, bikeable, and hikable landscape. Get a preview of what these trails are like in this video.

Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve

Rayburn Purnell (.5 miles)
Stidham Woods Trail (.53 miles)
Floodplain Trail (.21 miles)
Museum Meander Trail (.43 miles)
Bike Trail (3.3 miles)
Buffalo Trace Circuit Trails (5.0 miles)

Heron View Forest Preserve

Sycamore Trail (1.4 miles)

Homer Lake Forest Preserve

Timberdoodle Trail (1.2 miles)
Maple Sugar Grove (.1 miles)
Sand Beach Cove Trail (.68 miles)
Flicker Woods Trail (.94 miles)
Oak Ridge Trail (1.9 miles)
West Lake Trail (4.6 miles)
North Trail (.3 miles)
Collins Pond Trail (.82 miles)
Bluebell Trail (.60 miles)
PawPaw Trail (.15 miles)

Middle Fork River Forest Preserve

Oak Burl Trail (2.2 miles)
Prairie View Trail (.80 miles)
Midland Trail (1.4 miles)
South Loop Trail (2.2 miles)
Point Pleasant (2.2 miles)
Old Miner's Trail (1.5 miles)
North Waterfowl Trail (1.2 miles)

Kickapoo Rail Trail

Urbana to 7th St., St. Joseph (7.0 miles)
Ogden (1.5 miles)

River Bend Forest Preserve

Dogleg Loop (1.3 miles)
Woodland Trail (1.2 miles)

Sangamon River Forest Preserve

Wildcat Slough (.5 miles)
Prairie Trail (.9 miles)
Bottomland Trail (.8 miles)