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Permalink Reply by BalloonBiker on April 7, 2011 at 4:44am

My favorite ride that I did last year was taking the Metra out to Harvard and then biking up to Kettle Morraine State Park in Wisconsin. I ended up doing the ride twice and enjoyed it both times. The riding is almost all through rural areas with low traffic and nicely varied terrain.  There is also a pretty decent swimming beach at Whitewater. I stayed two nights, but most of the group who joined us, just came for one. I did a pretty general write up here: http://www.balloonbiker.com/bike-touring/kettle-morraine-tour/

 

 

 

 

 

Permalink Reply by Richard on April 7, 2011 at 5:36am

McQueen FP, northwest of Kirkland

Marengo Ridge

Rush Creek, SE of Harvard

Beck's Woods, Chemung

Shabbona

Green River Wildlife Area, SW of Amboy

 

Some of the locations you may want to incorporate Metra if you are traveling from the city. Hit me up if you need cue sheets.

 

Richard

Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on April 7, 2011 at 7:40am

Wow!  That's a great map.  Well done Jami!

Permalink Reply by BalloonBiker on April 7, 2011 at 8:03am

Thanks Ryan, I hope that you can use it!  All of the additions from folks in this discussion were great. I didn't know about a lot of these county-run camping locations.  They sound really great.

Tank-Ridin' Ryan said:

Wow!  That's a great map.  Well done Jami!

Permalink Reply by BalloonBiker on April 7, 2011 at 8:49am

Oh, and I just added in Metra lines to the map for those who may want to use the Metra in their bike camping planning

Permalink Reply by Barry Niel Stuart on September 26, 2012 at 9:28am

I just did my second trip to Pinewoods Campground in Kettle Moraine State Forest South this year.  The first trip to Pinewoods was this past May when I met up with my fellow Chainlinkers who came up from Harvard, IL.  As for me, I took the Hank Aaron State Trail, the New Berlin Recreational Trail, and the Glacial Drumlin State Trail as far as Hwy. 67.  This last trip, I took a new tent along because my old blue tent broke a pole on the first trip and I couldn't find a replacement pole.  Thanks to Tank Ridin' Ryan for bailing me out with his temporary sleeve.  I bought a Eureka Tetragon 5 2-person dome tent at Dunham's in Cudahy for only $75.  On the second pinewoods trip, it was the only dry spot in camp.

Permalink Reply by Renee Patten on July 22, 2014 at 7:29am

This map is so helpful, such great information, thank you for sharing!

Permalink Reply by Barry Niel Stuart on July 31, 2014 at 9:47am

I've done a couple of S24O trips to Illinois Beach State Park.  Since I'm coming from Milwaukee, I find that there's a fairly decent string of trails I can take there, starting with the Oak Leaf Trail, the KRM in Racine Co.,the Pike Trail in Kenosha Co., and the Robert McClory Trail in Lake Co. This weekend, I'm planning another S24O from Milwaukee to Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit.  I'll be taking the Hank Aaron State Trail into the New Berlin Recreational Trail, then into the Glacial Drumlin Trail as far as Waukesha Co. Hwy. C.   Then I take Hwy. C to WI Hwy. 67 south to Cty. Hwy. ZZ.  Then I turn into Ottawa Lake Recreational Area to check in.

Permalink Reply by Tricolor on August 1, 2014 at 10:30am

A few more miles west on Glacial Drumlin is the Rome River campground that's not bad for a night.  I've stopped there twice heading from Chicago to Madison.

Permalink Reply by Erik on April 26, 2021 at 1:41am

This map continues to be a great resource many years later. THANK YOU!

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