Yikes! I just re-read your thread. Park Forest is the south suburbs of Chicago- like way far south.

Have you thought about riding Western Avenue south to like... Beecher or something like that? Or if you can stomach riding Halsted, you can ride it north, or you can continue to ride it south. Or have you tried Monee Road? If you start at the corner of Monee and Western and ride west on Monee, you could probably get some good mileage in that way. Or you could just ride the neighborhood streets of Park Forest. Do a fun ride like a "tribe ride" where you ride all the different native american streets. There are a lot of ways to do it.

I also recommend getting that map I suggested. If you really want, you could hop the Amtrak at Flossmoor and head out to Joliet and ride some of the harder core trails out in that area.

Koffee