I am continuing my Bike Trail Conditions updates for 2019 with the Fox River Trail conditions between Crystal Lake and Elgin. Technically, the northern part of this ride is on the McHenry County Prairie Trail (from Algonquin to Crystal Lake)  but the majority of this ride is on the Fox River Trail (FRT) so that is how I am referring to this ride as the Fox River Trail ride in this post.

First of all, at the time of my ride(s), June of 2019, there are no problems on this part of the trail. The only minor issue is that is a very short detour just south of Algonquin at Botz Road where they are building a new bridge over the river.

I am not familiar with what they are doing with the bridge in this area, it looks like maybe Botz Road will cross the river here, but there is a short jog-jog detour of the FRT here. It is not a problem at all and the detour is a paved trail but it is worth mentioning.

It is also good to know that the rest of the trail in this area is in good condition since the Fox River Trail does have floods at times – but the this section is fine now (and a really nice ride).

I rode a 50 miles on this section of the trail(s) but this part of the trail is actually about 14 miles one way. This is from Crystal Lake at Rankow and Pyott roads (across from the airport) to the park and library area just before the busy roads in Elgin (I did not go through Elgin). I went back and forth on this part of the trail to get the 50 miles.

Here is the GPS Map of my ride on the Garmin website. My Fox River Trail Ride on the Garmin website.

If you are looking for more details on these trails or many other trails in the area, you can search this blog or  just go to the Bike Trails Page on this website for a lot of details and photos of the trails.