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The Grand Illinois Trail - Trail Section 18 - Old Plank Road Trail to Eggers Woods

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The GIT follows the Old Plank Road Trail and Burnham Greenway through the South Suburbs. It traverses Thorn Creek and the Calumet region which has one of Illinois' richest concentrations of high quality natural areas. You continue into Chicago through a historic region of American industry. Today the Calumet region is transforming into a area of new industry and eco-tourism.

(Old Plank Road Trail / Wolf Road to Eggers Woods / 112TH Street)

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Go	Direction	On	Distance (mi)
		Start: Old Plank Road Trail at Wolf Rd
	E	From Wolf Rd continue east:
		2.0 mi to Frankfort village center
		10.5 mi to Matteson village center at Main St crossing
		12.0 mi to Logan Park/Orchard St in Park Forest, exit trail	12.0
L	N	Orchard Dr	0.5
R	E/N	London Dr	0.3
R	E	Paris Rd to end	0.1
L	N	Corinth Rd	0.2
R	E	207th St	0.8
R	S	Travers Ave	0.3
L	E	209th St/12th St	0.6
L	N	Scott Ave	0.3
R	E	10th St	0.7
L	N	Chicago Rd	0.1
R	E	Parkside Ave	0.5
L	N	Union Ave	0.2
R	E	7th Pl	0.1
L	N	Lowe Ave	0.3
R	E	Eastgate Ave	0.3
R	S	Stewart St	0.1
L	NE/N	Bike trail through Cook County Forest Preserve to first cross street (Glenwood Rd)	1.9
R	E	Glenwood Rd	0.3
R	SE	Main St	0.5
	E	Glenwood/Lansing Rd to Cottage Grove Ave intersection at NE corner take Forest Preserve Trail (Thorn Creek Trail)	0.8
	E, N	Thorn Creek Trail (winding) to parking lot on 186th St	3.6
R	E	186th St	0.3
L	N	Chicago St to end of street	1.3
L	W	175th St, go north under I-80 bridge and continue north to Bernice Rd	0.3
R	E	Bernice Rd (Go left/west 2 blocks to motels, if needed).	0.2
L	N	Chicago Ave	0.5
L	W	170th St	0.2
R	N	Burnham Greenway (gravel for first ½ mile to Little Calumet River Bridge)	2.5
R	E	Sibley Blvd (careful!)	0.5
L	N	Burnham Ave (recommend walking bike over bridge on sidewalks—low guard rail)	0.8
L	W	143rd St	0.1
R	N	Mackinaw Ave (Look for parrot nests)	0.5
R	E	Greenbay Ave	0.1
L	N	Burnham Ave	0.7
R	E	135th St	0.1
L	N	Ave N to William Powers Conservation Area Park office entrance	0.7
	N	Follow park road along Wolf Lake shore, to first left, then right to Burnham Greenway (north trail unit).	1.0
	N	Burnham Greenway to 112th St	1.6
		TOTAL DISTANCE	35.9

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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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