Nearest trail from Ohare airport to Downtown?

[veggie_lover]

What is the nearest trail south or east of Ohare airport that goes straight to downtown chicago?

[envane]

What is the nearest trail south or east of Ohare airport that goes straight to downtown chicago?

Head due east ~13 miles until you hit the Lakefront Trail.

There is little in the way of trails in Chicago proper.

[veggie_lover]

This map here shows some connection via the Illinois Prairie path:

http://www.ipp.org/images/git-map.gif

[envane]

This map here shows some connection via the Illinois Prairie path:

http://www.ipp.org/images/git-map.gif

You can take the Des Plaines Trail south from O'hare, but that section is pretty on-again, off-again with lots of cumbersome at-grade intersections. The east-west link, if you'll observe, is called "Chicago Boulevards" as in, just plain streets :).

The Lakefront trail has stunning views of the skyline and goes past all the major parks and museums. Its unridable on weekeends though.

Chicago is a pretty good city for riding on streets, and it gets better the closer to the center you get.

[edw]

it depends on what type of riding you want to do. If you are just commuting downtown from near the airport i would head east to elston and take that in. It has a nice wide bike lane.

also this might help.

http://andreischeinkman.com/bikemap/