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Des Plaines River Trail
Mile 11 to Adler Park in Libertyville

Mile Marker 11 on the Des Plaines River Trail

Mile Marker 11 as we continue south on the Des Plaines River Trail from north of Van Patten Woods (mile marker 0). My old technique of trying to take the bike trail photos at the mile markers and include the mile marker along with the scenery at that location is very obvious on this particular bike trail photo page.

Wooded part of the DPRT bike trail

This is on the DRPT as you head into a wooded area at the Mile 13 Marker just north of Independence Grove.

Independence Grove and Des Plaines River Trail

Independence Grove. A beautiful park along the trail right at the Mile 15 Marker (as you can see here). This photo is near the northern end of the park as you begin to go down the steep hill. Independence is a pretty large park in this area and can be a good place to stop for a break, shelter, food, etc. They have food (on the far side of the lake, pretty nice washrooms and pavilions if you need to take shelter from the rain (as we did one time when we got stuck on the trail during a downpour). Basically you get a break from the wilderness here if you want it.

The lake at Independence Grove

The lake at Independence Grove with some boaters in the background...

panoramic view of lake at 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. As I mentioned before in this photo tour, these photos are old and I had a pretty cheap digital camera at the time that I took this (these) photo(s). So the quality is not great, but what does make it interesting is that I took multiple photos, for a panoramic view) and "stitched" the photos together for this one wide view.

Mile Marker 15 on DPR Trail

This is just before Adler Park in Libertyville at the Mile 16 Marker (with the mile marker in the photo again at the right, of course).

 

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 

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 < You are here

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.