- 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 15 - Seatonville to East Ottawa
Ride beside the Illinois River; the largest river within the borders of Illinois, some 270 miles in length. Begin your travel up the Illinois & Michigan Canal (I&M). You will ride along the actual canal towpath where mules tended by local boys towed the 150-ton canal boats.
(Seatonville to I & M Canal State Trail / East Ottawa)
Click for Printable PDF Support Documents for Section 15:
| Go | Direction | On | Distance (mi) |
| Start: Rte 6 & unmarked road through Seatonville | |||
| S | unmarked road through Seatonville--At 1 mile, don’t turn left at 3100 E Rd. Stay to the right; at 3.5 miles cross Rte 6, continue straight on 1350 N to intersection with 3450 E at 5.2 mi. Stay to right, cross Spring Creek and go under railroad bridge. Restart mileage. | 5.3 | |
| SE | Continue on same road (now Old North Rd to its intersection with Rte 6). | 1.0 | |
| L | E | Rte 6 | 1.8 |
| L | N | short entry road (unnamed) to 5th St, it parallels Rte 6 but one block north | 0.0 |
| R | E | 5th St, past local restaurants and through neighborhood | 0.5 |
| R | S | Herbert St | 0.2 |
| L | E | Main St | 0.2 |
| R | S | Pike St, down steep hill to bottom | 0.1 |
| L | E | unmarked street along Illinois River (This street is variously known as Water St, Brunner St, & Canal St). Go under the Rte 251 bridge at 0.7 mi. At 1.7 mi, the street veers left over railroad tracks in front of Monari’s 101 Club and begins to climb hill into the commercial downtown of La Salle. You are now on First St. | 2.1 |
| R | S | Joliet St (Rte 351) over the I & M Canal | 0.2 |
| R | W | Trail access off Rte 351 to lock 14 and the I & M Canal State Trail. | 0.1 |
| R | E | From the I & M Canal State Trail head in La Salle, go east: | |
| 0.6 mi to the Little Vermillion River aqueduct | |||
| 4.4 mi to Utica | |||
| 10.1 mi to Buffalo Rock State Park | |||
| 11.1 mi to Lock 12 | |||
| 12.7 mi to Lock 11 | |||
| 14.5 mi to the Canal Toll House in Ottawa | |||
| 15.2 mi to the Fox River aqueduct | 16.7 | ||
| 16.7 mi to end of this section, east of Ottawa | |||
| TOTAL DISTANCE | 28.2 |
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