Trails of Central Illinois by David Scott

This is an on-going project to document good running trails in central Illinois. At present I am concentrating on trails within about one hour’s drive of Champaign-Urbana. Later, it may be expanded to include locations further afield. The trails in the guide are visited regularly on weekends (generally Sunday mornings) by the Buffalo trail-running section of Second Wind Running Club. A recommendation for post-run breakfast is included in most cases. Places included in the first edition of the trails guide (with my subjective star ratings) are:

• Forest Glen (Vermilion County Park)
   

• Kickapoo State Park
   

• Allerton Park
   

• Clinton Lake State Park
   

• Fox Ridge State Park
   

• Kennekuk County Park
   

• Salt Fork River Preserve (Homer Lake)
   

• Middle Fork River Forest Preserve (Champaign County)

See Also:

• Mahomet Trails and Map of Lake of the Woods Park
   

• http://www.middleforkriver.org/mfrpanel.html  (Friends of Middle Fork River)
   
• http://www.parksonline.org/  (links to state and national parks)
   
• http://www.vccd.org/  (Vermilion County Conservation District)