- 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
The Grand Illinois Trail - Trail Section 4 - McHenry to Hebron
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This section travels along the Prairie Trail and Hebron Trail rolling past farm fields, woodlands and the small towns of Ringwood, Richmond, and Hebron. There are sweeping prairie views and shady tree tunnels. The trail is mainly flat and made mostly of gravel.
(McHenry / Bull Valley Road to Hebron)
Click for Printable PDF Support Documents for Section 4:
- Trail Map of Section 4
- Town Map: Crystal Lake, Hebron and McHenry
- Turn-by-Turn Cue Sheet for Section 4
| Go | Direction | On | Distance (mi) |
| Start: Prairie Trail and Bull Valley Rd in McHenry | |||
| N | Prairie Trail at approx. 1.7 mi. The trail veers west away from the railroad and follows Mill St across Crystal Lake Rd into Whispering Oaks Park for 0.4 miles to the Boone Creek Bridge. Cross bridge, cross Rte 120, follow trail east along Rte 120 to east bank of creek. Continue north on trail to Ringwood (3 mi from Rte 120). 2.4 mi north of Ringwood cross Harts Rd (to visit Glacial Park take Harts Rd west ¾ mile to Weidrich Barn Visitors Center). Continue north on Prairie Trail, 4 mi to Broadway St in commercial downtown of Richmond. | 11.6 | |
| L | NW | Broadway Rd across Rte 173 (Look out for fast traffic from east out of a blind curve). | 1.5 |
| R | N | Keystone Rd | 0.3 |
| L | W | Burgett Rd | 0.3 |
| L | SW | Hebron Trail to trail end in Hebron | 4.6 |
| TOTAL DISTANCE | 18.3 |
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