North Shore Bike Path Photos
Starting at Old School Trail

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Here's the intersection of the Des Plaines River Trail and the North Shore Trail towards the western end of the North Shore Trail (NST). We actually started this trip on the DPRT at the Old School Forest Preserve and took the Old School Trail to the NST.

The North Shore Trail actually continues west for a few more miles from here, into Mundelein, but this is near where we got on the trail for this ride and photo tour heading east to the Green Bay Trail in Lake Bluff.

Another view of the trail intersection (the photos above are from one of my many rides on the Des Plaines River Trail). If you are looking for an east/west route (on a bike trail) and are on the Des Plaines River Trail this a great trail. It's pretty well marked and you just need to look out for the Route 176 underpass. The NST is just south of the underpass.

This is the intersection of the North Shore Trail and the Old School trail (I think that's the name of it anyway) where we actually started our 7/4/2006 trip (most of the photos are from this trip). There is a bike trail that goes north from the Old School FP to connect to the North Shore Trail which is what we took to connect with and go east on the NST for this ride.

The North Shore Trail runs parallel to Route 176 for the entire length of the trail (from Mundelein to Lake Bluff). In some places you are right next to the road and other times the NST is a little further from the highway but Route 176 is never far away.

This bike trail is not the most scenic ride in the area but it is probably the best east/west bike trail which allows you to connect to some of the longer and more scenic north/south bike trails and extend your rides for as far as you want to (or are able to) go in one day.