Off-Road Trails in Illinois

The Central Pond FSR 2144 is a mild-weight gravel forestry road that leads through the St Francis Mountains within Mark Twain National Forest. The road features gravel at its foundation, but in spots, the trail fades to dirt or mud. On the hills and grades, it has a tendency to form ruts and washes,...
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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 Pine Union Hill FSR 2137 is the first portion of the Pine Union in Mark Twain National Forest before it spilts to the 2137A and the Hilltop portion of the 2137. It begins at the Bo-Co Road 872 in the bottoms of the Grounds Creek, leading you past the Sycamore Valley Artisan Well where the Pine U...
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The Old Baptist Church Road (Bollinger County Road 920) is a county gravel road that leads to the old church, finishing with some fun along the way. The road is mostly an easy gravel ride with a few hills and water collection spots. But as it leads into the bottoms past the church, there is a modera...
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The Rock Top SFR 233 is a forestry road on top of Silica Hill within Shawnee National Forest. The Rock Top is just that, natural rock pops out on top of the hill where the trail meets with the Silica Hill Road SFR 645. The trail features steep off-camber grades some being strictly on dirt and some b...
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Old Goat SFR 625 and 625A is a State Forest Road in Shawnee National Forest. The road is short at only 1.1 miles long, but packs a punch, dipping through a creek bottom shortly after climbing a steep grade while circling around the first main hill. The hill features small ruts and gravel fading to d...
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The Current River Conservation was created by combining Deer Run, Carrs Creek, Cardareva and Paint Rock State Forests combining 28,000 acres. The trail starts as #1 on the map which is provided at the beginning of the trail. Current River Conservation trail leads you down an easy gravel road however...
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Wash Creek FSR 2177 is a mild single-lane forestry road through Mark Twain National Forest. The road is mostly scenic and features trees all around. The road has a few small water collection spots, but the depth is very shallow. The road also has a few spots where natural rock sticks out through the...
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The West Silica Hill Road SFR 645 is a 1.3-mile-long forestry road through Shawnee National Forest. As you travel the road, grades come in waves from gradual incline to steep grades. These steep grades include tight turns, medium-sized ruts, bare dirt sections, and some mild water collection spots. ...
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The Bollinger County 918 is a gravel county road connecting to other county roads in the area. It has mild rutting, washboarding, and mounding and shows signs of wear near its low-water bridge and hilly sections. This adds excitement to using it as a route to get around. Water collection spots, natu...
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Kathy's Bridge Road, also known as Bollinger County Road 334, is a branch off the Bo-Co Road 342 and continues following the last stretch of James Creek while heading Southwest off the 342 to connect with Missouri Route-M. The road's base is course gravel in true Bollinger county fashion leading thr...
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McCraven SFR 220 is a very scenic nature-viewing gravel road in Shawnee National Forest. It is a very easy trail with a minimal challenge, but there are a few muddy crossings and water collection spots within its medium-grade graveled hills. It also features a couple of branch trails, the SFR 504 an...
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Bill Smith Hollow FSR 2064, is a naturally surfaced trail through the Fredericktown Sector of Mark Twain National Forest. This trail is a short trail that packs a punch, first, it begins on Madison County Road 408, in the bottoms near Captain Creek. The 408 fades into a mild natural trail shortly af...
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Carmack Bay FSR 121/121C is a Forest Service Road through Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. It is primarily a gravel road that shows serious degradation and wears throughout its path. It has major rutting, mud pits, heavy water collection areas, and one main steep grade leading down t...
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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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Trashcan Hill, or Bollinger County Road 258 and Perry County Road 624, is a set of county roads that trek through a rather difficult natural hillside. Coming from South to North, the road starts as a simple gravel road, but quickly degrades into a rough rutted unmaintained road, with a fair mix of d...
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Whitewater Presbyterian Church Road, or the Bo-Co Road 256, is a gravel county road that traverses passed the church and into the valley below. The bottom section of the road features mild rutting, natural rock popping up at the surface, and gravel fading to dirt, potentially muddy with wet conditio...
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Cedar Bottom FSR 2159, also referred to as Copper Mountain, is a gravel forestry road that is within the Fredericktown Sector of Mark Twain National Forest. It is a mild ride with a slow grade up and a slow grade back down ending at a turnaround spot at the end. The most this road has to challenge i...
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The Bollinger County Road 376 is a gravel-based road that traverses the northern Bollinger County Hills and parallels the Little Whitewater Creek. The road goes from being well maintained at the ends to mildly rough at the center, in typical Bollinger County fashion. It features a handful of low wat...
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The Blind Raccoon or Bollinger County Road 360 is a gravel county road going through the rocky rolling hills of the area, down into the creek bottoms, the north end features a hill that has some miner erosion ruts and can become sloppy when wet, it also crosses the Little Whitewater Creek with a low...
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The Current River Conservation was created by combining Deer Run, Carrs Creek, Cardareva and Paint Rock State Forests combining 28,000 acres. The trail starts as #1 on the map which is provided at the beginning of the trail. Current River Conservation trail leads you down an easy gravel road however...
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McCraven SFR 220 is a very scenic nature-viewing gravel road in Shawnee National Forest. It is a very easy trail with a minimal challenge, but there are a few muddy crossings and water collection spots within its medium-grade graveled hills. It also features a couple of branch trails, the SFR 504 an...
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Trail 5x is located in Redbird State Recreational Area (Linton, IN), a 1.5-hour drive from Indianapolis, IN. Redbird State Recreational Area is a state-owned and maintained offroad park. Trail 5x is a good beginning trail to get to Trail 5. The trail does have one mud hole halfway through that may b...
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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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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 Pine Union Hill FSR 2137 is the first portion of the Pine Union in Mark Twain National Forest before it spilts to the 2137A and the Hilltop portion of the 2137. It begins at the Bo-Co Road 872 in the bottoms of the Grounds Creek, leading you past the Sycamore Valley Artisan Well where the Pine U...
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The Current River Conservation was created by combining Deer Run, Carrs Creek, Cardareva and Paint Rock State Forests combining 28,000 acres. The trail starts as #1 on the map which is provided at the beginning of the trail. Current River Conservation trail leads you down an easy gravel road however...
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McCraven SFR 220 is a very scenic nature-viewing gravel road in Shawnee National Forest. It is a very easy trail with a minimal challenge, but there are a few muddy crossings and water collection spots within its medium-grade graveled hills. It also features a couple of branch trails, the SFR 504 an...
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