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long-section of the GIT is the southern section along the state canal trails, between Joliet and the Quad Cities. This southern section includes the Old Plank Road Trail, the
Illinois and Michigan Canal Trail, the projected Kaskaskia Alliance Trail and the Hennepin Canal, and is the northern routing of the cross-country American Discovery Trail.
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Prairie Path through the western suburbs of Chicago, which was the first long rail-trail development in America, along with the great Chicago Lakefront trail. The best
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The Grand
Illinois Trail began life in 1992 when three La Salle County residents began exploring ways to connect the existing Hennepin and Illinois & Michigan Canal state trails. By completing a short 16-mile gap, a major span across the state—from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River—could be
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Illinois.
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260:. American Discovery Trail
206:Fox River Trail (Illinois)
188:Rock River Recreation Path
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473:North Shore Channel Trail
216:North Shore Channel Trail
408:Boulevard Lakefront Tour
109:American Discovery Trail
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353:OpenStreetMap Trail Map
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541:Great Western Trail
478:Skokie Valley Trail
191:Bauer Parkway Trail
43:Mundelein, Illinois
621:Tinley Creek Trail
501:Block Run Greenway
468:North Branch Trail
463:Major Taylor Trail
448:Bloomingdale Trail
389:Cycling in Chicago
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166:— also see
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311:13 December
302:"GIT Guide"
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282:. Openlands
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242:13 December
650:Categories
493:Metro area
222:References
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88:See also
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396:Events
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