- Trail Route and Sections
- Section 1 - Eggers Woods to Navy Pier to Elmhurst
- Section 2 - Elmhurst to Elgin
- Section 3 - Elgin to McHenry
- Section 4 - McHenry to Hebron
- Section 5 - Hebron to Caledonia
- Section 6 - Caledonia to Winnebago
- Section 7 - Winnebago to Freeport
- Section 8 - Freeport to Jo Daviess County
- Section 9 - Jo Daviess County to Hanover Bluffs
- Section 10 - Hanover Bluffs to Thomson
- Section 11 - Thomson to North Cordova
- Section 12 - North Cordova to Hennepin Canal Trail
- Section 13 - Hennepin Canal Trail
- Section 14 - Hennepin Canal Trail to Seatonville
- Section 15 - Seatonville to East Ottawa
- Section 16 - I&M Canal State Trail
- Section 17 - I&M Canal State Trail to Old Plank Road Trail
- Section 18 - Old Plank Road Trail to Eggers Woods
- Recommended Trips
- Trip 1 - Chicago Lakefront Trail
- Trip 2 - Illinois Prairie Path/Great Western Trail
- Trip 3 - Long Prairie Trail
- Trip 4 - Rock River Recreation Path
- Trip 5 - Apple River Canyon to Galena Route
- Trip 6 - Great River Trail
- Trip 7 - Hennepin Canal Parkway Trail
- Trip 8 - Illinois & Michigan Canal Trail (I&M)
- Trip 9 - Old Plank Road Trail
- Trip 10 - Burnham Greenway Trail
- Trail Signs
- Biking Tips
Section 8 - Freeport to Jo Daviess County
The GIT follows the Jane Addams Trail north of Freeport and then turns west to begin the longest on-road stretch of the GIT. This route traverses the 250,000 year-old landscape of the second youngest Illinois glaciation. Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Park provides an overnight camping opportunity. There are no services on this route.
(Freeport to Jo Daviess County / Rte 78)
Click for Printable PDF Support Documents for Section 8:
| Go | Direction | On | Distance (mi) |
| Start: Henderson Rd & Stephenson St (NE corner of downtown Freeport) | |||
| N | Henderson Rd | 3.0 | |
| L | W | Winneshiek Rd (Winneskiek is off-center to the right at Rte 26) | 3.0 |
| R | N | Jane Addams Trail | 5.8 |
| L | NW | McConnell Rd/Co. 19 | 2.4 |
| L | SW | McConnell Rd/Co. 7 across the Pecatonica River | 0.8 |
| R | NW/W | Fisher Rd (If camping at Le-Aqua-Na State Park, turn south at 3.7 miles on Deer Lane Rd. Follow for 0.4 mile, turn right/west on Lake Rd which will veer south at 0.6 mile to park entrance 0.7 mile farther). If not going to Le-Aqua-Na continue west on Fisher Rd to T-intersection at 5.7 miles. Turn right /north 0.1 miles, then left/west for 4 miles to the Jo Daviess County Line. | 9.8 |
| W | At the county line, Fisher Rd becomes East Canyon Rd. Continue west to Rte 78. | 3.0 | |
| TOTAL DISTANCE | 27.8 |
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