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Illinois (northern route)
Joliet to Bureau Junction (Depue)
The I&M Canal State Trail uses what was once the towpath along the canal, which was dug just north of the Illinois River. The trail begins south of Joliet and passes through Channahon, McKinley Woods, and William G. Stratton State Parks, and Gebhard Woods State Park in Morris. The biggest tree in Illinois, an eastern cottonwood, grows in Gebhard Woods. Continuing west the trail connects Seneca, Marseilles, Ottowa, Utica, and LaSalle. Near Utica is Starved Rock and Matthiessen State Parks.
The 16-mile section between LaSalle and Bureau, where the Hennepin Canal begins, is currently on back roads, but an effort is underway to build the Kaskaskia Trail which will connect the I&M with the Hennepin Canal.
| Codes for type of trail along route: | Codes for services along route: |
| P=Paved road w/shoulder | R=paved road no/shoulder |
C=camping | PC=primitive campsite |
| T=Trail-hiking only | B=Trail allows bicycles |
BB=bed & breakfast | zipcode=post office |
| H=Trail allows horses | S=Sidewalk |
L=lodging | M=meals |
| G=Gravel or dirt road |
G=groceries | B=bike shop |
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W=water | CO=country road |
| CUMULATIVE MILES |
CODE |
DESCRIPTION EAST TO WEST |
| 60.5 | | FOLLOW TOWPATH OF I&M CANAL NEXT 61 MILES. USE ILLINOIS & MICHIGAN CANAL TRAIL MAP |
| 66 | | CROSS UNDER I-55 |
| 69.8 | | CHANNAHON 60410 (G,M,L,C) |
| 84.9 | | MORRIS 60450 (G,M,L,B) |
| 95 | | CROSS RT 25, SENECA 61360 2 MI S (M) |
| 100.4 | | MARSEILLES 61341 (M) |
| 106.8 | | OTTAWA 61350 G,M,L,B) |
| 116.9 | | UTICA 61373 (M,B) |
| 121.5 | | LASALLE 61301. AT END OF TOWPATH, EITHER HIKE OR CARRY BIKE UP STAIRS TO RIGHT OR RIDE SOUTH TO ENTRANCE AND RETURN TO LASALLE ON OVERPASS. (M,G,L). |
| 121.7 | | JUNCTION CANAL ST, TURN LEFT. NOTE: CANAL BECOMES 1ST ST, THEN BRUNNER, THEN WATER STREET IN PERU. |
| 123.7 | | JUNCTION WATER & PIKE ST, TURN RIGHT, PERU 61354 (G,M,L,B) |
| 123.9 | | JUNCTION PIKE & MAIN ST, TURN LEFT |
| 124.3 | | JUNCTION MAIN & HENRY ST, TURN RIGHT |
| 124.5 | | JUNCTION HENRY & US 6, TURN LEFT |
| 127.6 | | JUNCTION US 6 & 89S. SPRING VALLEY 61362 (G,M,L) |
| 128.1 | | GO STRAIGHT ONTO DAKOTA WHERE US 6 VEERS TO RIGHT |
| 128.7 | | JUNCTION DAKOTA & MARQUETTE, TURN LEFT |
| 129.1 | | JUNCTION SPRING VALLEY MARQUETTE HIGHWAY, TURN RIGHT |
| 133 | | JUNCTION SPRING VALLEY MARQUETTE & BROADWAY, TURN LEFT |
| 133.1 | | JUNCTION BROADWAY & MARQUETTE, TURN RIGHT. NOTE: MARQUETTE BECOMES RAILROAD ST IN DEPUE. |
| 134.2 | | JUNCTION RAILROAD & HIGH ST, TURN RIGHT. DE PUE 61322 (M) |
| 134.3 | | JUNCTION HIGH ST & WILLOW ST, TURN LEFT |
| 134.9 | | JUNCTION WILLOW ST & IL 29, TURN LEFT |
| 139.3 | | JUNCTION IL 29 & HENNEPIN CANAL TOWPATH. BUREAU JUNCTION (M) |
| | | End of Segment 2 |
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