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Des Plaines River Bike Trail,
North Shore Path to Independence Grove

Heading north on the des plaines river trail

Heading north on the Des Plaines River Trail, the photo above is at the mile 18 marker, just past the North Shore Path intersection. The North Shore Path may not be the most scenic bike trail around but it is a good East/West route that connects the more plentiful North/South bikes trails (like the DPRT and Green Bay Bike trail and Robert McClory Bike Path).

High trees surrounding the DPR Trail

The trail is wooded with very high trees in this area. The photo above should really give you a good idea of what a lot of the trail is like between Route 22 (in Half Day) and Independence Grove, near Libertyville.

Mile marker 17 on DPRT

Continuing north, this photo is at the mile 17 marker (off to the left). There are mile markers on the DPRT in both directions in this section and one of my old photo techniques was to try to get photos of all the mile markers along with the scenery at each location. I don't really do this so much anymore but was going for that idea on this particular bike trail photo tour. Fortunately, I now have better photo equipment and do better photos then I did at the time of this photo tour but I think that these photos still document the trail pretty well and give a good feel for the trail so they will have to do until I get a chance to do an upgrade. Soon, I hope.

The red benches near bike trail and Adler Park

These benches are at Adler Park, in Libertyville (by the Frisbee golf course). This is just a little south of the large Independence Grove forest preserve and recreation area.

Wild flowers along Des plaines River Trail

Here's a nice close up of some of the wild flowers in the open fields along the trail...

The bike trail bridge before Independence Grove

The bridge just before Independence Grove...

Wide view of Independence Grove

This is a wide angle view of the lake at Independence Grove. This one has a blow up, so if you want to see this full size(!), click on the picture.... The photo above is looking back (going south on the DPR trail) in this case. I did not have the best camera at the time of this photo but I wanted to get the panoramic view and took multiple shots and "stitched" the photos together (with a photo editing program) for this wide view.

 

Here's the Photo Tour of the Half Day to Old School Forest Preserve ride from August 16th, 2014. These pages include photos of the DPR Trail in this section along with some nice scenery photos (including a few HDR photos) taken from various locations on the trail.

Old School Trail and MacArthur Woods - Photos 20
Route 60, Wright Woods and Half Day FP - Photos 21

Here's the GPS Map of the ride above.


Here are some Fall Photos of the DPRT from Euclid (or Lake Street) a little east of Prospect Heights south to Golf Road then back north to Milwaukee Ave (from October 9, 2012):

DPRT Fall Photos 17 - Just South of Lake Street
DPRT Fall Photos 18 - Branch to Beck Lake
DPRT Fall Photos 19 - North of Lake Street

Here's the GPS Map of the ride above.

Here's the photo tour of the Des Plaines River Trail from Higgins Road in Park Ridge north to Dundee Road in Wheeling (July, 2012).

The Des Plaines River Trail Photos 12 - Park Ridge Leg
The Des Plaines River Trail Photos 13 - Des Plaines Riverwalk Area
The Des Plaines River Trail Photos 14 - Big Bend Lake to Euclid
The Des Plaines River Trail Photos 15 - To Allgauers Restaurant
The DPRT Photos 16 - To Dam No 1, Wheeling

Here's the GPS Map of the ride above.

Here's the photo tour of the Des Plaines River Trail from Lincolnshire (Routes 21 and 22 going south) to Dundee Road in Wheeling, Il. (June, 2012).

The DPRT Photos 8 - Lincolnshire Marriott Area
The DPRT Photos 9 - Path along Milwaukee Road
The DPRT Photos 10 - Deerfield Road to Lake Cook Road
The DPRT Photos 11 - County Line Road to Wheeling

Here's the GPS Map of the ride above.

Here's the photo tour of the Des Plaines River Trail, from Route 22 in Half Day (going north) to Libertyville (July, 2005).

Des Plaines River Trail Photos 4 - Lincolnshire to Wright Woods
Des Plaines River Trail Photos 5 - Bridge Underpasses and Equestrian
Des Plaines River Trail Photos 6 - North to North Shore Path
DPRT Photos 7 - North Shore Path to Independence Grove < You are here

Here's the photo tour of the Des Plaines River Trail, from Wisconsin (going south) to Libertyville (September, 2004).

Des Plaines River Trail Photos 1 - Van Patton Woods
Des Plaines River Trail Photos 2 - Mile 5 South to Great America
Des Plaines River Trail Photos 3 - Mile 11 to Adler Park in Libertyville

Note: Des Plains is a common mi s-spelling for Des Plaines (with the e near the end) so will see some references to Des Plains River Trail on these pages to help with the searches for the trail pages.

Photos © Copyright Rob Chapman, about-bicycles.com. Photos with * Copyright Dale Kiffel.