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<\/a>Des Plaines River Trail around Lincolnshire<\/p><\/div>\n
It was also a beautiful day for a ride on Friday and I did a nice, scenic 12 mile ride on this part of the trail which included sections that I had never been on before.<\/p>\n
I brought my camera and bike GPS (of course) since I needed to document the gap in the trail and I had planned to ride another trail in Evanston later in the day.<\/p>\n
After I discovered that I could get through the 1\/4 mile gap I just decided to ride further south on the DPRT and photograph and document this part of the trail for this website since I had previously only ridden and written about the northern parts of this trail ~ from Lincolnshire north to the Wisconsin border.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Dirt Bike Path next to Milwaukee Ave.<\/p><\/div>\n
The Gap in the Des Plaines River Trail<\/strong><\/p>\n As for the gap in the trail, it is around Lincolnshire just south of the 28 Mile marker on the trail (as you head south) and the signs direct you out to Milwaukee Avenue. Milwaukee Ave. is a busy and major road but there is a sidewalk on one side and a dirt path, next to the road, on the other side (see the photo<\/em>).<\/p>\n This is only a very short distance (right around the Par-King miniature golf course and north of the Cubby Bear restaurant<\/em>) so it is not a big deal if you need to connect from the northern part of the DPRT to the southern part.<\/p>\n You get back on to the Des Plains River Trail at the back of the Cubby Bear parking lot.<\/p>\n The Photos and Ride Report<\/strong><\/p>\n As I mentioned, I had already ridden, photographed and posted an article and photos of the Des Plaines River Trai<\/strong>l<\/strong><\/em> from Lincolnshire north all the way to just before the Wisconsin border here<\/a>. Unfortunately, these rides were from 2004 and 2005 and the quality of the photos are not nearly as good as the newer photos (I am just going to have to ride that part of the trail again and upgrade the photos I guess!)<\/p>\n The photos and ride report that I just did on Friday include\u00a0 The Des Plaines River Trail Photo Page 8<\/a>, Photo Page 9<\/a>, Photo Page 10<\/a>, and Photo Page 11<\/a>. My bike trail photo pages use kind of an old style photo display format but it is consistent and fairly easy to navigate with the links at the bottom and at the top of the pages. There is also a link to the GPS map<\/strong> at the bottom of these pages if you want to see exactly where this ride was.<\/p>\n DPRT Trail Conditions<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n As for the conditions of the trail in this section there were no problems at all (other than having to go along Milwaukee Ave for the 1\/4 mile to get around the gap in the trail<\/em>). Keep in mind that most of the DPRT is a crushed stone trail<\/strong><\/em> so if you prefer a paved path you’ll need to find another. The surfaces in this section were in pretty good shape.<\/p>\n The underpasses<\/strong> in the DPRT have signs well ahead of time letting you know if they are open or not. Since the underpasses go along the river and under the roads, I have seen them flood occasionally when the river is high. That is no problem at all right now with it being as dry as it has been recently. The only underpass on this particular section of the trail was at Deerfield Road.<\/p>\n Next Trail Rides<\/strong><\/p>\n I still plan on riding some of the trails that I just discovered in Evanston next but one of my missions after that is to ride further south on the Des Plains River Trail<\/strong>. I kind of wished that I went further south on Friday but Dundee Road seems to be a natural (or actually not so natural) barrier and it looked impossible to cross during rush hour (when I was there). There may be a way to get to the intersection and cross there but I did not check into that.<\/p>\n I understand that the DPRT goes quite a bit further south from here and that some sections are very nice and scenic. If you are really ambitious (and get up early enough) you could ride the entire Des Plains River Trail from the city of Des Plaines (or possibly even further south ~ like I said I have not been on that part of the trail) all the way north to just before the Wisconsin border (and back?) now that would be quite a ride!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have wanted to check out the gap in the Des Plaines River Trail (DPRT) just south of Lincolnshire for quite some time now and made it a priority since some visitors to this site had organized a 61 mile … Continue reading