Off-Road Trails in Illinois

The Amax Haul Road is the main north/south route at LEOR, delivering riders to several different trail adventures and other main routes throughout the park. The East Field Access Road reaches the north side of the Haul Road and can also be viewed from the overpass on Old Route 13 crossing it. From...
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The Amax Trail can be seen from the main gate to Little Egypt Off Road and is the westernmost main trail on the property. It traverses from alongside Old Route 13 to the Boundary Trail on the south end. The Amax Trail overlooks the creek bottoms that make up the southwest corner of the property, a g...
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Atwood Road SFR 266 is a Shawnee National Forest state forest road that travels to the old Atwood lookout tower site. The hill's grade is one of the steepest and tallest in the area right at a 500-foot elevation climb within 1.5 miles. The road features sections of well-maintained gravel along with ...
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The Big Muddy River Levee Road is the southern publicly accessible 10-mile-long gravel road following the ridge top of the Levee, along the lower southern section of the Big Muddy River in Jackson County Illinois. Note that the Northern 3.4 mile section of this road has transferred from the public-o...
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Bork Falls Road, also known partly as Regent Lane and Cedar Grove Road and featuring the Goreville Waterfall, is a gravel road through Johnson County, Illinois. It provides access to the western section of Ferne Clyffe State Park and Bork Falls. The road is generally well-maintained, featuring only ...
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The Bull Durham SFR 642 is a branch trail of the Opossum Trot Trail System in Shawnee National Forest. The Bull Durham is quick to thrill with not much time in between its obstacles, it features a rutted hill within .2 mile of the entrance, followed by small mud puddles. Then, leading to a rutted co...
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Burner Hill FSR 620 is an old gravel forestry road in the southern area of the Mississippi Bluffs sector of Shawnee National Forest. The road seems near-forgotten, and shows little signs of use or maintenance. Fallen trees add to the fun and challenge of weaving your way to the top of the road. The ...
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The Center Hitching Post FSR 1454 (or Horton Hill North) is a rough natural forestry road through the Eagle Mountain area within the Hidden Springs sector of Shawnee National Forest. This center section of Hitching Post is a ridge-top dirt road that connects between the Upper Horton Hill Triangle (i...
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The Clear Creek Levee Road parallels IL Route 3 North and South connecting the dots with a lot of routes that lead to Shawnee National Forest and other trails. It's a simple gravel road with the occasional pothole or dirt section but is worth adding to your drive if you want to avoid main roads or t...
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Delta Road and Moad Hollow Road are the precursors to the Opossum Trot Trail System within Shawnee National Forest. This gravel road features an easy cruise leading you through the Illinois countryside showing off its lowland valley beauty. You'll eventually be going into the rolling hills of Shawne...
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The Dennison FSR 106 is a naturally surfaced forestry road through the Eagle Mountain Area in the Hidden Springs sector of Shawnee National Forest. Note this trail is closed seasonally between 12/9/XX through 5/9/XX. The road is mostly dirt throughout, that is if you catch it in a dry spell, if not ...
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The Diswood FSR 690 is a natural forest road in the southern portion of the Mississippi Bluffs sector of Shawnee National Forest. Talk about a pinstripe expo, it is tight, tight, tight for the first .3 mile, either commit to go to the top or do a 10-point turn to get spun around. In the bottoms ther...
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The Eagle Mountain Bluff Trail, also known as the north end of Horton Hill FSR 1454 or possibly as Hitching Post, is a natural terrain (USFS graded as a low standard rough - high clearance) through the Eagle Mountain area of the Hidden Springs sector of Shawnee National Forest. This trail is Illinoi...
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The Eagle Mountain Fire Road is a gravel service road through the Eagle Mountain area in the most northern section of the Hidden Springs sector of Shawnee National Forest. The road acts as a main artery road that most of the other trails in the area are connected to or even loop back to. It is mostl...
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East Detla Road, is the eastern section of the road going through Shawnee National Forest connecting the Opossum Trot Trail System to Elco, IL. The road is a steady uphill climb when headed west, gaining 275 feet over it's trek. The gravel road is mild and only shows slight rutting, washing, and mou...
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The East Field access trail is the main route leading to the Haul Road. A few side trails are also accessible through this road, such as the Olive Trail, along with some short hill-climb crossover routes to Old Highway 13. The East Field trail is accessed through the east side of the campground, and...
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Gale Trail Road (or the 272) is a Shawnee Nation Forest gravel nature viewing trail that has slowly degraded into a trail that gives a challenge, yet remains scenic. The farther west you go, the less maintained and tighter it gets. Expect ruts, medium-grade hills, occasional mud pits, and split-up s...
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Grabber SFR 264 is a 1.7-mile-long forestry road through Shawnee National Forest. It traverses some of the steepest graveled hills in the SW corner of the forest, climbing a total of 406 feet from its entry point to its highest point. It has mild rutting on nearly all inclines, some being medium in ...
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As a branch of Atwood Road 266, the Hamburg 266A is a bit more of an offroading road and less of a scenic road within Shawnee National Forest. It has an off-camber hill within .2 of the entrance followed by many water collection areas that get muddy, the gravel fades in on the hilltops and out in th...
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The Happy Hollow FSR 787 is a gravel forestry route in the northwest Mississippi Bluffs sector of Shawnee National Forest. The trail specifically goes up into the hills along the Mississippi River north of Grand Tower, IL. It climbs just shy of 300 feet over the first .7 mile of the gravel, which is...
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