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The Grand Illinois Trail - Trail Section 12 - North Cordova to Hennepin Canal Trail

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Bike through the last great stretch along the Mississippi River, then head east along a low lying landscape once flush with glacial meltwater when the Mississippi drained into today's Illinois River valley. The Hennepin Canal took advantage of this low elevation, but quickly failed when the railroads out-competed it. Good thing though, it's a great bike trail corridor.

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Go	Direction	On	Distance (mi)
		Start: 178th Ave and the Great River Trail North of Cordova
	S	Great River Trail to Trail End	1.4
R	W	3rd Ave	0.2
L	S	9th St	0.2
R	W	Main Ave	0.4
L	S	3rd St to Great River Trail	0.9
	S	Great River Trail—4.6 miles to Port Byron, 1.8 miles to Rapid City, 2.8 miles to entry drive west to lock and dam #14, 1.8 miles to Hampton 1.9 miles to Campbell’s island causeway, 1 mile to the Beacon Harbor Welcome Center in East Moline.	13.9
L	S	Unnamed trail (built August 2004) which veers left in front of Beacon Harbor Welcome Center to trail end on 7th St	0.8
L	S	7th St over railroad tracks to 15th St, a loading zone behind commercial buildings	0.1
L	E	15th Ave for 3 blocks	0.2
L	N	10th St across tracks	0.0
R	E	14th Ave, paralleling tracks on north side	0.2
R	S	13th St, back across tracks	0.0
L	E	15th Ave, 2 blocks to its end	0.2
R	S	to Rte 92 (busy street)	0.0
L	E	Rte 92 to 7th St (at library)	0.6
R	S	7th St	0.3
L	E	4th Ave	0.3
R	S	12th St	0.1
L	E	5th Ave	0.3
R	S	17th St	0.6
L	E	30th Ave/cross town, cross Rte 5 at light	0.1
L	N	18th St	0.3
R	E	10th Ave	0.3
R	S	Pleasant Ave	0.1
L	E	Valley View Dr, downhill, left turn to Rte 84/ 2nd Ave	0.3
R	S	Rte 84/2nd Ave (busy street)	0.1
L	E	Jay St	0.1
R	S	Lily Ave	0.1
L	E	State St	0.2
R	S	1st Ave	0.7
R	W	10th St	0.1
L	S	2nd Ave to stoplight	0.2
L	E	Colona Rd and bridge over the Rock River	1.1
R	S	7th St in village of Green Rock to end of street	0.5
L	E	5th Ave	0.1
R	S	5th St (bridge 42) to Hennepin Canal Trail	0.1
L	E	Hennepin Canal Trail to bridge 37 (Rte 82, 2 miles north of Geneseo)	10.9
		TOTAL DISTANCE	36.0

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The Grand Illinois Trail
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
Recommended Trip 1 - Chicago Lakefront Trail
Recommended Trip 2 - Illinois Prairie Path/Great Western Trail
Recommended Trip 3 - Long Prairie Trail
Recommended Trip 4 - Rock River Recreation Path
Recommended Trip 5 - Apple River Canyon to Galena Route
Recommended Trip 6 - Great River Trail
Recommended Trip 7 - Hennepin Canal Parkway Trail
Recommended Trip 8 - Illinois & Michigan Canal Trail (I&M)
Recommended Trip 9 - Old Plank Road Trail
Recommended Trip 10 - Burnham Greenway Trail
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