Rail-Trails Midwest Great Lakes
Rail-Trails Midwest Great Lakes

Author: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Publisher: Wilderness Press

Published: 2009-06-02

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 0899977065

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In this edition in the popular series, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy presents the best of the Great Lakes rail-trails, home to the most rail-trails in the country. With 113 rural, suburban, and urban trails threading through nearly 2300 miles, Rail-Trails Midwest: Great Lakes covers Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Many rail-trails are paved and run through the most popular parts of town, such as the 61-mile Illinois Prairie Path, which links Chicago-area suburbs. Others take you back in time for a look at regional history, like Ohio's 11-mile Holmes County Trail. The Midwest has thousands of miles of rail corridor that have been turned into 360 rail-trails in the Great Lakes alone. Every trip has a detailed map that includes start and end points, trailhead, parking, restroom facilities, and other amenities. Many of the level rail-trails are suitable for walking, jogging, bicycling, inline skating, wheelchairs, and horses.

Mountain Bike! the Midwest, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois
Mountain Bike! the Midwest, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois

Author: Richard R. Ries

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780897322829

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Be the first to open your mountain biking patrons' eyes to the surprising geographic diversity of the Midwest. From vast prairies to rolling, forested hills, and from roaring rivers to tranquil lakes, the Midwest is much more than cornfields! Newly revised and expanded to include 96 rides throughout Illinois. Indiana, and Ohio, Mountain Bike! The Midwest will dazzle fat-tire buffs with its array of excellent off-road tours. From challenging single-track ascents to leisurely jaunts along white, sandy beaches, bikers will find trails to fit all skill levels and tastes. Authors Richard Ries and Dave Shepherd save bikers precious time by leading them straight to the classic trails in the Midwest. Enthusiasts will find tours in the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys, Chicago-area forest preserves, and Shawnee, Hoosier, and Wayne National Forests, among other exciting areas. Riders will also appreciate a few new elements in this edition -- concise, at-a-glance key information at the beginning of each route profiled and handy ride recommendations for special interest groups.

Bike and Brew America
Bike and Brew America

Author: Todd Bryant Mercer

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781931382007

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The "Bike and Brew America" series pairs a region's best mountain bike trails with its finest brewpubs. Each chapter is organized by state, with this edition covering North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. Included are an introduction to each state's bike and brew character, trail data and brewpub details.

Biking Illinois
Biking Illinois

Author: David Johnsen

Publisher: Big Earth Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9781931599641

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From Chicago's magnificent lakefront to the mountain trails of the Shawnee National Forest, no state has more varied terrain for the cyclist than Illinois. Large, full-detail maps guide you confidently on city streets or prairie back roads, and concise, entertaining trail descriptions make your bicycle adventure come alive. Includes 60 rides for cyclists of all ability levels, tips on where to find water, snacks, lodging, repairs, fascinating notes that help you appreciate the nature and history along the trail, and much more.

Best Bike Rides Chicago
Best Bike Rides Chicago

Author: Ted Villaire

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2011-06-01

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1461746485

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Written for the cyclists of all stripes, Best Bikes Rides Near Chicago marks the debut of a new series that offers a diverse array of scenic tours in some of America’s largest urban destinations—from easy excursions for the Sunday cyclist to challenging treks for the veteran. Here, veteran author and cyclist Ted Villaire presents 35 diverse rides in and around the Windy City. As amply demonstrated by this guide, Chicago’s heritage as a transportation hub has reaped huge rewards for local cyclists. Twenty miles of lakeshore parkland and an elaborate system of leafy boulevards connect a series of mega-parks throughout the city. Coupled with this is an ever-expanding cycling infrastructure featuring more than 100 miles of bikes lanes. The Illinois Prairie Path, which runs between the Des Plaines River and Wheaton, was one of the first linear trails in the nation converted from a railroad line—and today it is part of the most extensive collection of rail trails in the Midwest, perhaps the nation.

The American Midwest
The American Midwest

Author: Andrew R. L. Cayton

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2006-11-08

Total Pages: 1918

ISBN-13: 0253003490

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This first-ever encyclopedia of the Midwest seeks to embrace this large and diverse area, to give it voice, and help define its distinctive character. Organized by topic, it encourages readers to reflect upon the region as a whole. Each section moves from the general to the specific, covering broad themes in longer introductory essays, filling in the details in the shorter entries that follow. There are portraits of each of the region's twelve states, followed by entries on society and culture, community and social life, economy and technology, and public life. The book offers a wealth of information about the region's surprising ethnic diversity -- a vast array of foods, languages, styles, religions, and customs -- plus well-informed essays on the region's history, culture and values, and conflicts. A site of ideas and innovations, reforms and revivals, and social and physical extremes, the Midwest emerges as a place of great complexity, signal importance, and continual fascination.