Get some exercise, or just relax and enjoy the many miles of bicycle and multi-use trails throughout the County. Please take note of our Rules of the Trails before your visit.
Following is information regarding each of our trails, including detailed maps of each trail, available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format for downloading:
- Arie Crown Forest Trail System
- Burnham Greenway Trail System
- Busse Woods Bicycle Trail
- Centennial and I & M Canal Trail System
- Deer Grove Trail System
- Des Plaines Trail System
- North Branch Trail System
- Palos Trail System
- Poplar Creek Trail System
- Sag Valley Trail System
- Salt Creek Trail System
- Thorn Creek Trail System
- Tinley Creek Trail System
BICYCLE USERS:
- Ride single file, keeping to the right of the trail.
- Stay in your own lane.
- Give warning before passing other trail users.
- Obey all stop signs.
- WALK all bicycles down overpasses where designated.
- The trail is designed for a moderate recreational speed of 8 mph.
NO SPEED OR RACING PERMITTED
(Speed radar monitored.) Violaters will be ticketed.
WALKERS & JOGGERS:
Use the left side of the trail, facing on-coming bicycle traffic.
Multi-Use Trail Rules
- Bicyclists and equestrians must stay on the designated trail. No off-trail riding.
- Be courteous to other trail users. Bicyclists yield to hikers and equestrians. Hikers yield to equestrians. Give notice before passing other trail users.
- Do not ride on unpaved trails when the trail is muddy.
- Motor vehicles prohibited.
- Recreational use only. No speed training. (8 mph maximum speed)
- All trails are two-way. Stay in your lane. Give notice before passing other trail users.
- Don’t litter. Please pack out more than you pack in.
- For rider’s safety, helmets are suggested.
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING SIGNS:
- Trail Confidence Marker – These 4′ x 4′ gray markers identify the designated trail system at 1/4 mile intervals. Stay on the designated trail.
- Trail Closure Marker – These 4′ x 4′ orange markers identify non-designated trails which are closed.
Before Planning a Special Event
Permission is required for all special events to be held on the bicycle trail involving more than 25 persons. For further information, call the FPDCC at (708) 366-9420.
