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The Robert McClory Bike Path
The Robert McClory Bike Path along side of Sheridan Road around Lake
Bluff |
This is the RM Trail just north of Waukegan |
The northern end of the Robert McClory Bike Path just before meeting up with the
Kenosha Trail |
The Robert McClory Bike Path (25 miles) connects to
the Green Bay Bike Trail on it's
southern end and the Kenosha Trail (Wisconsin) on it's northern end. The
trail also connects to the North Shore
Bike Path which runs parallel
to route 176 and is a great east/west connection to the Des Plaines River Trail and a number of other great bike
trails.
The Robert McClory bike trail has some very nice areas and some not
so nice areas. I feel that it is very important to mention this because it
goes through some not so great parts of North Chicago and Waukegan. The
southern end, from the Great Lakes Naval Base south to the Green Bay bike
trail is great and the northern end from just north of Waukegan on north to
the Kenosha Trail in Wisconsin is also pretty nice. But the sections that
go through North Chicago and some of Waukegan are not very scenic (at best)
and possibly even dangerous at times...
Our Robert McClory Bike Trip
The photos in the photo tour section for this trail
are from July, 2008 where we started our trip at the Lake Bluff train
station (just off of route 176) and went north to the WIsconsin border, and
the Kenosha trail, then came back south and branched off of the RM trail at
9th street where we headed east to the North Point Marina and the Illinois
State Beach park.
Like I say, there are some very nice
sections of the Robert McClory trail, but my favorite part of this trip was
our side trip to the Illinois State Beach Bike Path.
There are some great scenic rides in the Illinois State Beach park, along
Lake Michigan!
We also made our way to the Nuclear Power
Plant, just south of the park. That is a pretty awesome and somewhat eerie
place. It was a pretty nice area, but I had this strange glow when I went to
bed that night . :-) (just kidding...)
After taking quite a long trip on the Illinois State Beach
bike trails, we eventually headed west on Wadsworth Road back to the Robert
McClory Trail.
Robert McClory Bike Trail Map
I have not found a map specifically of this
bike trail, but you can find a very comprehensive FREE map of Chicago and Northeastern
Illinois at FREE
Bike Trail Maps Resource - See the IDOT link.
Robert McClory Bike Path Photos
Here's a photo tour of the Robert McClory Bike Path from Lake
Bluff to the Kenosha Trail (Wisconsin). I am also including links to the Illinois State Beach Bike Trail that we rode on the same
trip.
The Robert McClory Bike Path Photo Tour - From from Lake Bluff to the
Kenosha Trail (Wisconsin) - July 2008.
Robert McClory Bike Path
Photos 1
Robert McClory Bike Path Photos 2
Robert McClory Bike Path Photos 3
Illinois State Beach Bike Path
Illinois State Beach Bike Path
Photos 1
Illinois State Beach Bike PathPhotos 2
Illinois State Beach Bike PathPhotos 3
Illinois State Beach Bike PathPhotos 4
**** NEW Robert McClory Bike Trail Video ****
I have just completed the Green Bay and Robert McClory Bike Trail video (July, 2009).
Here's the video tour of the Green Bay Bike Trail (all) and the Robert McClory Bike Trail (southern end up to the Great Lakes Metra Station) from July 2009.
Green Bay and Robert McClory Bike Trail Video 
The Ride is the Destination
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