Indiana to Chicago route.

Hello everyone,

First time poster and now that spring is finally here I am ready to ride. I just traded in my hybrid for a Trek 1.2. The last couple years I have been wanting to do a ride to Chicago. For the most part I have it mapped out. I live in the bike trail in Highland, IN. I can take that trail into Hammond, ride some roads to get to Wolf Lake and I believe that trail now meets up with the Burnham Greenway or at least relatively close to it. The only part I am unsure of is the 4 mile stretch of roads between the end of the Greenway and the Lake front trail. It looks like most of the roads have bike lanes but has anyone ridden this route in recent years. Any comments?


I plan to do this on a Sunday so I can take south shore back to east Chicago or Hammond if I don't feel like riding back.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Reho on June 25, 2018 at 6:04am

I would love to know the details of that route.

Permalink Reply by Alex Z on June 25, 2018 at 6:54am

I don't think this is accurate...the only route I've ever heard of is the same route being discussed elsewhere in this thread.

Permalink Reply by Filka Bean on June 25, 2018 at 4:33pm

I’d say the answer is “kinda sorta”: you can ride along the lake from Calumet Park: take Ave G to the yaht club and just keep going. That trail connects to the Marqette Greenway in Whiting, via Front Street. The greenway will take you back southwest (away from the big lake) to Wolf Lake. The entry to Wolf Lake Park is currently being improved: they’re building a great bridge but it isn’t paved yet. It’s easy to cross Calumet at the light, though.

It’s a little unintuitive in spots, but the way is very find-able, especially if you look at the map ahead of time to get a general orientation. And it’s a really pleasant ride!

Permalink Reply by Alex Z on June 26, 2018 at 2:37am

OK. The way the comment was worded made it sound like the writer thinks there is an all-lakefront way to get from downtown Chicago to Wolf Lake, which there is not.

Permalink Reply by Matt Talbert on June 27, 2018 at 6:52am

Finally got a route: https://www.strava.com/routes/14027748

I also attached a GPX file if you have a bike computer with navigation.Wolf%20Lake.gpx

Permalink Reply by Alex Z on June 27, 2018 at 8:27am

^This is a great route. (Though it is not lakefront-only just in case anyone is confused by its place in the thread.)

Permalink Reply by Bret Miedema on June 25, 2018 at 6:07am
Hello, I was the original poster of this question. I have since done this ride 10 plus times with the most recent time being about two months ago. Let me know if you have any questions. It's an awesome route.
Permalink Reply by Dirke on June 27, 2018 at 5:54am

Maybe I'm dim but I've read through here a few times as well as the Reader article and I'm still not 100% clear. Is it actually bike path all the way to 3 Floyd's from the state border? Just to clear up any questions, could you summarize your awesome route?  Much appreciated 

Permalink Reply by Bret Miedema on June 27, 2018 at 7:16am

Not completely.  All but maybe 3-5 miles.

From the Skyway trail north of Wolf Leak you can either go around the east of it or over it via bike path.  You can follow that path/trail nearly all the way to the Hammond South Shore Station.  From there you can ride low traffic residential/industrial roads south into Hammond and you will essentially want to ride to 18th St. Brewery.  From there you pickup the Monon Trail which heads straight south all the way into Munster.  This trail ends just north of Three Floyds.  This area is currently under heavy construction and rebuilding, but you can easily get to Three Floyds from this point.

If needed I can show you my Strava route.

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