Thread: Wisconsin Rails to Trails
View Single Post
Old 05-19-08 | 01:42 AM
  #40  
metzenberg
Senior Member
 
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 170
Likes: 0
From: Seattle

Bikes: Surly LHT; Surly Ogre; Sekai 1970s classic; Old Trek Hard-tail Mountain Bike; Trek 7200

Originally Posted by RDW3261
In northern Boone county in Illinois, north of Belvidere about 5 miles south of the Wisconsin state line is the Long Prairie trail. It is paved for about 15 miles in Boone county and lime stone for maybe 8 miles in Illinois. The Illinois part is called the Stone Bridge trail I beleive. About 60 minutes from Madison at most.
And by riding a few miles to the west from this area, you can join either Wisconsin's Badger State Trail or the Sugar River Trail. See http://www.gpsies.com, where I have marked a lot of trails in this area for downloading into a GPS.

Howard
metzenberg is offline  
Reply
0