Series: Best Rail Trails Series | Publication Date: June 15, 2010
This is the only guidebook to focus solely on rail trails in the Prairie State. From the Chicago area’s Prairie Path—one of America’s first rail trails—to trails in the vicinity of St. Louis, as well as numerous other urban, suburban, and rural rail trails statewide, it covers all the best routes. Factual details include length, elevation profiles, availability of restrooms, accommodations, area attractions, and directions to all main trailheads.
Also available:
Best Rail Trails California (09; 2008; 978-0-7627-4677-4)
Best Rail Trails New England (05/2009; 978-0-7627-4584-5)
Best Rail Trails Pacific Northwest (01/2009; 978-0-7627-4607-1)
Best Rail Trails Wisconsin (01/2009; 978-0-7627-4676-7)
I received a bachelors degree in English and journalism from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and received a master's of arts in writing from DePaul University in Chicago. I'm currently working on four more regional outdoor guidebooks that focus on bicycling and camping within the Chicago region and throughout Illinois. I've lived in Chicago resident for the past 10 years, and have worked for various daily and weekly newspapers. I've had freelance articles appear in The Chicago Tribune and the Des Moines Register. Recently, I worked for seven years as a publications editor for a large non-profit organization headquartered in Chicago.
This review is from: Best Rail Trails Illinois: More than 40 Rail Trails throughout the State (Best Rail Trails Series) (Paperback)
This guidebook is packed with up-to-date and historic information on 42 trails. My only complaint is that the maps do not distinguish between trails and connecting, on-street passages between segments of a trail. This information is available in the text of the book, but looking at a map itself, you would not know, e.g., that the Green Bay trail beginning in Wilmette is not continuous with the North Shore Channel trail in Chicago and Evanston/Skokie; same for the Major Taylor trail gap in Beverly.
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