Mississippi River Trail to Chicago?

MRT to Chicago route anybody????

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Permalink Reply by Mike Schwab on April 28, 2012 at 9:18am

1. Route 66 to St. Louis.  GITAP routes along I&M canal to 2. Quad Cities or near WI border to 3. Galesburg or a more northerly route to 4. Minneapolis.  Do you have a preference?

Permalink Reply by Comrade Cycles on April 28, 2012 at 10:05am

I've done the ride from Chicago to the trail just outside of St. Louis. I can't recall the exact route, but would be happy to look back at old maps and notebooks if you'd like.

Permalink Reply by Matt M. 18.5KM on April 28, 2012 at 10:32am
American Discovery Trail.
Permalink Reply by Duppie on April 28, 2012 at 11:05am

GIT from Moline to Chicago.

Permalink Reply by Matt M. 18.5KM on April 29, 2012 at 7:14am

Thanks.  Looks like the "American Discovery Trail" got their route in Illinois from the GIT.

Duppie said:

GIT from Moline to Chicago.

Permalink Reply by Matt M. 18.5KM on April 29, 2012 at 7:16am

I'll get back to you some time.
 
Mike Schwab said:

1. Route 66 to St. Louis.  GITAP routes along I&M canal to 2. Quad Cities or near WI border to 3. Galesburg or a more northerly route to 4. Minneapolis.  Do you have a preference?

Permalink Reply by Crispien Van Aelst on May 2, 2013 at 12:48pm

Looking for a good route Chicago to Galena... any ideas?

Permalink Reply by MagMileMarauder on May 2, 2013 at 2:36pm

The quickest way without car would be to take the Metra to Harvard, and then ride from Harvard to Galena using Google Maps walking directions (which I believe is as close to "as the crow flies", compared to other possible routes): http://goo.gl/maps/NJQR8.

That would be 98 miles with train vs 160 miles with no train, which is a good chunk of a difference for one day of riding.  I've never ridden it, but I would try that.


Crispien Van Aelst said:

Looking for a good route Chicago to Galena... any ideas?

Permalink Reply by Crispien Van Aelst on May 2, 2013 at 2:48pm

Did not think about the train great idea thanks!

Permalink Reply by Duppie on May 2, 2013 at 3:21pm

Grand Illinois Trail from Chicago to Galena:

http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/recreation/greenwaysandtrails/Documents...

Look for page 7 thru 11 in the PDF

Crispien Van Aelst said:

Looking for a good route Chicago to Galena... any ideas?

Permalink Reply by mark stetson on May 2, 2013 at 5:39pm

You could also take Amtrak to Mendota.  It's about 110 miles from there to Galena, and over half that distance would be in some of the nicest terrain IL has for cycling.

Permalink Reply by MagMileMarauder on May 2, 2013 at 6:03pm

Oh yeah, Amtrak is another good option. They do charge $10 on top of the $11 fare for carrying the bike aboard though. So look at spending $42 vs (I think) $16.50 for Metra.

If you leave on the earliest Saturday morning train (8:20am) from Chicago,  and come back on the latest Sunday train from Harvard (8:35pm, which would be quite rushed), you can pay a grand total $7 for unlimited weekend pass on Metra!

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