Kankakee River Trail Photos
Suspension Bridge to Tall Trees and NW Trail Head

Above is a photo of the green suspension bridge over Rock Creek a little further northwest on the trail. This bridge is barely wide enough for a person going each direction and, as is the case with these kinds of bridges, bounced and swayed as we crossed over it.

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From a different perspective, Dale took this HDR photo down by the water and looking up at one of the other bridges over the creek. I believe that the bridge in this photo is Route 102.

Here's another wooded part of the trail just past the suspension bridge. The trail is paved and in great condition here.

Here the trail passes underneath a highway. This particular part of the path was actually pretty hilly and curvy. Nothing that difficult though.

Here is the abandoned campground ~ or Ghost Campground as I liked to call it. This is called the Kankakee River State Park, Chippewa Campground. We rode into the campground to check it out and also took a break at a picnic table. We were the only ones there... aside from the vultures circling above us... :-)

This is the tall trees area near the northwest end of the trail. I'm not sure where mile zero is relative to the "8 miles" sign above. My GPS trip meter showed the trail as about 11 miles each way so I wondered if this was 8 miles from the paved part of the trail.

I loved the winding path, tall trees and shaded woods on this part of the trail This photo was just before we got to where we parked on the northwest end of the trail.

I loved this mural on the side of this old brick building in Wilmington. This town was on the historic Route 66 ~ which is now route 53 through Wilmington.

I liked this town and we had dinner here at a restaurant called Hayden's Crossing. The meal and everything else about this restaurant was excellent. I would highly recommend it if you pass through this town.