Originally Posted by
ilmooz
I ride the McClory Trail north to the Great Lakes Naval Training Base which is as far north as I will go. Once you're past Martin Luther King Jr. Drive into North Chicago and Waukegan it's hit or miss as far as traveling through safe neighborhoods goes.
Yup pretty much everyone turns around at the Naval station. I continued North on the path once, only once.
Originally Posted by
ilmooz
As an alternative the North Shore Trail branches off west from the McClory Trail at Rockland Road and eventually goes in several directions including Libertyville and north toward the Wisconsin border. I haven't been on that trail yet but I plan to explore it next year. The only exploring I've done thus far on it has been on Google's satellite map.
The Desplaines River trail. It is a nice trail but it is limestone with pretty lose limestone in places. I nearly wiped out a few times on my Trek 520 which has 32c tires. I would not go any narrower than that. PS make sure you bring the deet [bug repellent].