Hiking & Biking Trails

10.5-mile bike trail · Rock Creek canyon hike · Bourbonnais

Four thousand acres along eleven miles of the Kankakee River, six miles northwest of Kankakee. The bike trail starts at the Davis Creek Area and runs 10.5 miles — a linear stretch along the river plus a loop on the west end of the park. The Rock Creek Trail is the hike everyone comes for: about three miles along limestone canyon walls to a small waterfall. Hiking, biking and cross-country ski trails are on the north side of the river; horse and snowmobile trails are on the south side.

4 miles of paved trail · prairie, woods & riverbank · Bourbonnais

Bourbonnais Township Park District's flagship park: about four miles of paved trail loop through restored prairie, woodland and along the banks of the Kankakee River, good for bikes, strollers and inline skates. The trail ties into the riverfront trail system toward Bradley and Kankakee. Off the trail there is a playground, farm animals, zip lines, a ninja course and the Exploration Station children's museum.

Paved riverfront trail from River Road Park · Kankakee

The Kankakee Valley Park District's paved trail along the south bank of the Kankakee River. It starts at River Road Park (the ball diamonds beside Splash Valley) and runs west past Kankakee Community College, the Kankakee River Valley Forest Preserve and the Shapiro Developmental Center to Hawkins and Water Streets. At the college it connects with the Gar Creek Trail. Part of the county's Riverfront Trailways, more than ten miles of riverside trail in all.

¾-mile creek-to-river trail · beside KCC on River Road · Kankakee

A Kankakee River Valley Forest Preserve site on River Road about half a mile east of Route 45, next to Kankakee Community College. The three-quarter-mile trail starts at a 16-acre restored tallgrass prairie (planted in 1992), follows Gar Creek through oak woodland and drops to the banks of the Kankakee River, where it joins the Riverfront Trail. Trailhead parking is on River Road beside the college.

Paved park loop & village path network · Manteno

The walking path around Manteno's 66-acre Legacy Park, with the North Walking Path linking it to Eddie Reed Park about a half mile away. The village publishes a map of its whole bike-and-walking path network, which also connects Wright Park to Heritage Park. Splash pad, gazebo and picnic grove at the park itself.