- 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 9 - Jo Daviess County to Hanover Bluffs
This portion of the GIT traverses the "Driftless Area", a region that escaped the glacial periods of the last 1-million+ years. You will change elevation from 1,080 feet at the ridgeline to 580 feet along the Mississippi River. Galena is thick with historic sites and diverse services. The south end of this section of the GIT follows the base of the Hanover Bluffs.
(Jo Daviess County / Rte 78 to Hanover Bluffs
Click for Printable PDF Support Documents for Section 9:
- Trail Map of Section 9
- Town Map: Galena and Apple River Canyon State Park
- Turn-by-Turn Cue Sheet for Section 9
| Go | Direction | On | Distance (mi) |
| Start: East Canyon Rd & Rte 78 | |||
| W | East Canyon Rd to Apple River State Park to T-intersection (camping to the right) | 3.5 | |
| L | S | North Canyon Rd--Turn right on unmarked road just before the bridge (East Canyon Rd) | 0.1 |
| R | W | E Canyon Rd to T-intersection at Broadway (unmarked) | |
| L | S | Broadway Rd | 3.7 |
| R | W | Unmarked road (Townsend Rd) | 0.6 |
| R | NW | N Scout Camp Rd | 0.3 |
| L | W | Schapville Rd to T-intersection | 7.0 |
| L | S | Scales Mound Rd | 0.8 |
| R | NW | W Rawlins Rd/W Guilford Rd (at 4.6 miles stay on Guilford Rd, don’t take Miner Rd) | 5.8 |
| L | W | W Stagecoach Trail to north end of Galena downtown to north end of Galena downtown | 3.2 |
| From south end of Galena downtown, take Rte 20 east across Galena River to N Blackjack Rd | 0.3 | ||
| R | S | N Blackjack Rd | 4.2 |
| R | SW | Pilot Knob Rd. to bottom of bluff across RR tracks | 3.8 |
| L | SE | River Rd. | 1.1 |
| L | E | Sandhill Rd. up the bluff | 0.5 |
| R | S | Blackjack Rd. | 1.4 |
| R | S | S Blanding Rd to bottom of hill at Blandings Landing (Turn right, 1 mile to reach Army Corps Campground). | 3.2 |
| L | SE | W Blanding Rd | 4.0 |
| R | S | Whitton Rd | 5.5 |
| R | SE | Rte 84 to intersection with Bush Rd | 0.6 |
| TOTAL DISTANCE | 47.8 |
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