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ADT in Illinois
State Coordinators
Northern Illinois State Coordinator
Chuck Oestreich
816 22nd St.
Rock Island, IL 61201
Email: oestreich@qconline.com
Southern Illinois State Coordinator
John O'Dell,
1142 Winkleman Dr.
Harrisburg, IL 62946
Email: jodell@shawneelink.net
General Overview of Trail
Illinois, the Prairie State, is mostly a land that glaciers have smoothed out and left with rich deposits of soil that produce abundant crops. Under that soil lies the largest coal reserves in the nation, but it is manufacturing that provides the most employment.
The ADT's two routes through Illinois are quite different in character. The Northern Midwest Route is across land that is flat to slightly undulating mostly along two canals. By contrast, the Southern Midwest Route goes through very hilly country, untouched by glaciers. This area is known as the Illinois Ozarks or the Shawnee Hills and geologically remains much as it has been for eons.
Detailed Trail Description — Northern Route
This part of the trail is divided into three segments totalling 219 miles, mostly trails and sidewalks.
Indiana State line to Joliet — 60 miles
Joliet to Bureau Junction (Depue) — 79 miles
Bureau Junction to Iowa line (Rock Island) — 80 miles
For more details on the route, click here.
The most up-to-date, detailed trail directions are published in the ADT Data Books.
Future Event
Affiliated Trails
- Old Plank Road Trail
- Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail
- Grand Illinois Trail
- Sauk Trail Forest Preserve Trail
- Thorn Creek Trail
- Hennepin Canal Parkway State Trail
- Great River Trail
Parks
- Indian Boundary Park, Frankfort
- Dewey Helmick Nature Preservek
- Hickory Creek Bikeway Trailhead Park, Frankfort
- Channahon State Park
- McKinley Woods State Park
- William G. Stratton State Park
- Gebhard Woods State Park
- Illini State Park
- Starved Rock State Park
- Buffalo Rock State Park
- Mathhiessen State Park
- Hennepin Canal State Park
Points of Interest
- Caboose #9951, Matteson
- Burton Breident Village Green, Frankfort
- Bicycle Bridge over US 45, Frankfort
- Historic downtown Joliet
- Hogan Grain Elevator & Visitor Center, Seneca
- Reddick Mansion, Ottawa
- Scouting Museum, Ottaawa
- Illinois Waterway Visitors Center, Utica
- Split Rock
- Effigy Tumuli
- LaSalle County Museum
- Hegeler-Carus Mansion, LaSalle
- Hennepin Canal Parkway Museum
- Summit Basin on the Hennepin Canal
- Rock Island Arsenal
- The Quarter, East Moline
- John Deere Commons, Moline
- ADT Bicycle Bridge across the Mississippi River
Detailed Trail Description — Southern Route
This section of the trail consists of three segments, totalling 284 miles, mostly on gravel and paved roads/shoulders.
Indiana State line to intersection with the River to River Trail — 41 miles
Harden County line to Grand Tower — 127 miles
Grand Tower to East St. Louis (Missouri state line) — 116 miles
For more details on this route, click here.
The most up-to-date detailed trail directions are published in the ADT Data Books. A map kit is available for this state.
Affiliated Trails
Forests
Parks
- Devil's Backbone Park
- Ferne Clyffe State Park
- Giant City State Park
- Cave In Rock State Park
Points of Interest
- Lusk Creek Canyon National Natural Landmark
- Clear Spring Wilderness
- Garden of the Gods Wilderness
- Lusk Creek Wilderness
- Bald Knob Wilderness
- Crab Orchard Wilderness
- Panther Den Wilderness
- Bald Knob
- Cedar Lake
- LaRue Pine Hills
- Grand Tower
- Fort Kaskaskia
- Modoc Rock Shelter
- Cahokia
- Fort de Chartres
- Prairie du Rocher
Trail Organizations
For more information about the ADT Society, please email us at info@discoverytrail.org.
For membership inquiries, please email us at membership@discoverytrail.org.
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