Trail Races & Routes in Il

Explore 200 trail running and hiking routes across Il. 5 organized races and 195 training routes covering distances from 0.1 mi to 32.8 mi. Elevation gains range from 10 ft to 2,949 ft. Preview every trail in 3D flyover with segment breakdowns.

Key Takeaways

Total Routes

200

Races / Routes

5 / 195

Distance Range

0.1 mi - 32.8 mi

Elevation Range

10 ft - 2,949 ft

Most Popular Distance

Other (197)

Surface Type

96% Trail

Route Name	Location	Distance	Elevation Gain	Type	Race Date
Lower Deer Run Trail	IL	0.3 mi	—	race	—
Middlefork Trail - Deerfield High School To Half Day Rd	IL	0.9 mi	—	race	—
Raceway Trail	IL	3.4 mi	149 ft	race	—
Brunner Trail	IL	3.5 mi	11 ft	race	—
Shawnee Hills 50K	IL	32.8 mi	2,949 ft	race	—
Blue Spur	IL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Outer Ring Loop Forest Bypass Connector	IL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Red White Segment	IL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Eagle Ridge	IL	0.1 mi	46 ft	route	—
Interior Canyon Trail - Tonty Canyon	IL	0.1 mi	19 ft	route	—
Westwood Trail	IL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Trail 5	IL	0.1 mi	33 ft	route	—
Inner Loop Connector E	IL	0.1 mi	30 ft	route	—
Northern Red Yellow Connector	IL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Trade Shops Connector Trail	IL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Interior Canyon Trail - Ottawa Canyon	IL	0.1 mi	38 ft	route	—
Inner Loop Connector D	IL	0.1 mi	15 ft	route	—
Creek Trail	IL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Inner Loop Connector C	IL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Red White Loop	IL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Inner Loop Connector A	IL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Green Spur	IL	0.1 mi	—	route	—
Waterfall Glen	IL	0.2 mi	26 ft	route	—
Mills Sky Viewing Sanctuary Trail	IL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Southwoods Loop Trail (Blue Trail Markers)	IL	0.2 mi	30 ft	route	—
Camelback Glacial Kame Connector	IL	0.2 mi	11 ft	route	—
Oak Ridge Marsh	IL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
White Trail	IL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Oak Ridge Marsh Outer Track	IL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Sycamore Loop	IL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Whistler	IL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Walnut Trail Connector A	IL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Walnut Trail Connector B	IL	0.2 mi	15 ft	route	—
Northern Blue White	IL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Kiwanis Park Connector Trail	IL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Giant's Hollow Trail	IL	0.2 mi	11 ft	route	—
Cooke Overlook Trail	IL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Monarch Trail	IL	0.2 mi	16 ft	route	—
Trail #049D	IL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Galena View Trail (ADA Accessible)	IL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Inner Loop Central Connector	IL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Oriole Trail	IL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Fox Trail Inter-loop	IL	0.2 mi	17 ft	route	—
Oak Point Trail	IL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Birch Loop	IL	0.2 mi	16 ft	route	—
Oz Park Garden Path	IL	0.2 mi	—	route	—
Ridge Trail	IL	0.2 mi	159 ft	route	—
Interior Canyon Trail - St. Louis Canyon	IL	0.2 mi	112 ft	route	—
North System Climb	IL	0.3 mi	104 ft	route	—
Outer Loop Alternate	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
South Shore Nature Center Trail	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Orange Spur	IL	0.3 mi	31 ft	route	—
Campground Trail	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Interior Canyon Trail - French Canyon	IL	0.3 mi	100 ft	route	—
Hickman Wildflower Walk	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Northern Illinois Trail	IL	0.3 mi	40 ft	route	—
Sugar Maple Trail	IL	0.3 mi	11 ft	route	—
Rebman Trail	IL	0.3 mi	45 ft	route	—
Conifer Loop	IL	0.3 mi	11 ft	route	—
Gompers Park Trail	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Turtle Pond Trail	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
South System Descent	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Valley Trail	IL	0.3 mi	15 ft	route	—
Hartmann Park Walking Trail	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Merrill Woods Trail	IL	0.3 mi	20 ft	route	—
Sunset Nature Trail	IL	0.3 mi	76 ft	route	—
Northside Trail	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Hilltop Prairie Trail	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Shelter Access Trail	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Gander Mountain Ridge	IL	0.3 mi	40 ft	route	—
Pomona Natural Bridge Trail	IL	0.3 mi	14 ft	route	—
Post Oak Trail	IL	0.3 mi	42 ft	route	—
East Cutover Trail	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Devils Standtable	IL	0.3 mi	75 ft	route	—
Godshalk Meadow Trail	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Central Connector Forest Bypass Trail	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Valley Trail Loop	IL	0.3 mi	27 ft	route	—
Stonefort Trail	IL	0.3 mi	65 ft	route	—
North Island Loop Trail	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Bluff Trail Extension	IL	0.3 mi	77 ft	route	—
Trail 2	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Galena View Trail	IL	0.3 mi	—	route	—
Forest Trail	IL	0.4 mi	27 ft	route	—
Eugene Field Park Connector Trail	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool Loop	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Inner Loop to Central Connector Trail	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Lakefront Alternate Trail	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Big Rocky Hollow Trail	IL	0.4 mi	62 ft	route	—
Blue White Loop	IL	0.4 mi	13 ft	route	—
Trail #486	IL	0.4 mi	22 ft	route	—
Trail #048C	IL	0.4 mi	58 ft	route	—
Acre Trail	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Northeast Lake Loop	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
South Grasslands Trail (Purple Trail Markers)	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Outer Loop Cutoff Trail	IL	0.4 mi	11 ft	route	—
Blue White Alternate Route	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Swamp White Oak Trail	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Field 1-4 Loop	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Purple Trail	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Sag Valley Trail: Purple Connector	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Trail #049E	IL	0.4 mi	45 ft	route	—
Rosewood	IL	0.4 mi	36 ft	route	—
North System Descent	IL	0.4 mi	17 ft	route	—
Gander Mountain North	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Connecting Trail - Starved Rock	IL	0.4 mi	11 ft	route	—
Lake Marmo Trail	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Fox River Forest Preserve Trail	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Pink Trail	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Conifer Walk	IL	0.4 mi	36 ft	route	—
Bunny Trail	IL	0.4 mi	51 ft	route	—
Devil's Cliff	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Inner Loop to Outer Ring Property View Trail	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Lower Dam Trail	IL	0.4 mi	29 ft	route	—
McDonald Woods Forest Preserve Trail	IL	0.4 mi	19 ft	route	—
Interior Canyon Trail	IL	0.4 mi	23 ft	route	—
Lakeview Parkway Access Trail	IL	0.4 mi	11 ft	route	—
Ray Lake Forest Preserve Trail	IL	0.4 mi	—	route	—
Connecting Trail - French Canyon	IL	0.4 mi	43 ft	route	—
Trail 7UP	IL	0.5 mi	22 ft	route	—
Flossmoor Road Alternate Trail	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
South Loop	IL	0.5 mi	14 ft	route	—
Borneo	IL	0.5 mi	34 ft	route	—
Bill Jarvis Migratory Bird Sanctuary Loop Trail	IL	0.5 mi	11 ft	route	—
Ronan Park Trail	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
West Extension	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Dogwood Trail	IL	0.5 mi	98 ft	route	—
Morton Arboretum West: Main Trail Loop 4	IL	0.5 mi	29 ft	route	—
Halsted Woods Trail	IL	0.5 mi	12 ft	route	—
Possum Path	IL	0.5 mi	119 ft	route	—
Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve Trail	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Beaver Trail	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Wilderness Trail	IL	0.5 mi	152 ft	route	—
Pond View Trail	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Lower Trail	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Nature Trail	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Spillway	IL	0.5 mi	11 ft	route	—
Primrose Nature Trail	IL	0.5 mi	33 ft	route	—
0.5 Mile Loop	IL	0.5 mi	12 ft	route	—
Alt Creekside	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Eagle Trail	IL	0.5 mi	33 ft	route	—
Oz Park Loop Trail	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Promontory Point Trail	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Grass Trail	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
South Connector Trail	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Observation Trail	IL	0.5 mi	85 ft	route	—
Trail 1	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
West Algonquin Rd. Trail	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Blue Trail	IL	0.5 mi	29 ft	route	—
Hawk's Cave Trail	IL	0.5 mi	39 ft	route	—
Half Day Forest Preserve Trail	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Waterfall Trail	IL	0.5 mi	50 ft	route	—
Bee Tree Trail Loop	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Central Trail Loop	IL	0.5 mi	—	route	—
Blue Chevy Trail	IL	0.5 mi	69 ft	route	—
Grassy Lake Red Trail	IL	0.5 mi	11 ft	route	—
Coreopsis Trail	IL	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Horseshoe Loop Trail	IL	0.6 mi	170 ft	route	—
Middlefork Greenway Connector Trail	IL	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Oxbow Lake Trail	IL	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Rainbow Beach Park Trail	IL	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Bobolink Trail	IL	0.6 mi	12 ft	route	—
Woodland Trail	IL	0.6 mi	35 ft	route	—
Connector Trail	IL	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Interior Canyon Trail - LaSalle Canyon	IL	0.6 mi	66 ft	route	—
Riverside Recreational Path	IL	0.6 mi	10 ft	route	—
Meadow Lake Trail	IL	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Independence Grove Forest Preserve Trail	IL	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Back Trail	IL	0.6 mi	88 ft	route	—
Bob Link Arboretum Trail	IL	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Sweet Gum Trail	IL	0.6 mi	32 ft	route	—
Trail #105	IL	0.6 mi	102 ft	route	—
North System Upper Loop	IL	0.6 mi	24 ft	route	—
Ball Field - Boathouse Connector Path	IL	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Interior Canyon Trail - Illinois Canyon	IL	0.6 mi	73 ft	route	—
Lakewood Forest Preserve Trail	IL	0.6 mi	—	route	—
South System Climb	IL	0.6 mi	85 ft	route	—
Raven Glen Forest Preserve Trail	IL	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Hollows Picnic Grove Trail	IL	0.6 mi	—	route	—
Prairie Wolf Forest Preserve Trail	IL	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Birch Trail	IL	0.7 mi	46 ft	route	—
Vermillion River Trail	IL	0.7 mi	170 ft	route	—
River Route Nature Trail	IL	0.7 mi	133 ft	route	—
Trail #481A	IL	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Nature Boardwalk	IL	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Roy-L	IL	0.7 mi	11 ft	route	—
Thornhill Trail	IL	0.7 mi	57 ft	route	—
Sculpture Garden Path	IL	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Indian Creek Trail	IL	0.7 mi	45 ft	route	—
Bicentennial Park Walking Trail	IL	0.7 mi	39 ft	route	—
Geographic Trail	IL	0.7 mi	25 ft	route	—
Knobeloch Nature Preserve	IL	0.7 mi	107 ft	route	—
Warrenville Grove Trail	IL	0.7 mi	27 ft	route	—
East Preserve Connector Trail	IL	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Overlook Loop	IL	0.7 mi	58 ft	route	—
Baby Rat	IL	0.7 mi	63 ft	route	—
W. Cuba Trail	IL	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Pine Ridge Nature Trail	IL	0.7 mi	114 ft	route	—
Steelworkers Park Loop Trail	IL	0.7 mi	—	route	—
Canton Lake Nature Trail - Blue Route	IL	0.7 mi	11 ft	route	—
Loop Trail	IL	0.7 mi	—	route	—

Frequently Asked Questions

How many trail races are in Il?

There are 5 organized races and 195 self-supported routes available in Il.

What is the average elevation gain in Il?

The average elevation gain is 77 feet, with routes ranging from 10 to 2,949 feet.

What distances are available in Il?

Available distances include: 5K, 50K.

Can these trail routes in Il be used for hiking?

Yes. 96% of these routes are on trail surfaces, making them suitable for both trail running and hiking. The terrain analysis and elevation profiles help hikers plan their adventures just as effectively as runners.

What's the best time of year to run trails in Il?

Trail running conditions in Il vary by season and elevation. Check the race date column for organized events, which are typically scheduled during optimal weather windows. For year-round training routes, elevation profiles help you plan for seasonal conditions.

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