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One of the lesser known trails in the area located near Highland, Illinois- about 35 miles NE of downtown St. Louis. It was built by the City of Highland, which also maintains it. The trail itself isn't very long. Only 4.5 miles out-and-back, but it includes a lot of fun little features along the way. It's tight and twisty, even more so than the SIUE trails, and there are many wooden bridges, including one that's a good 40 ft. in length, so there are plenty of chances to test your bike-handling skills. It follows the contours of Silver Lake, and then has a surprisingly exciting loop with some short climbs and fast descents, which puts you within earshot of I-70 before rejoining the main trail.
source: Silver Lake Trail
Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
Land Status: City Managed
Access Info:
Interstate 70 to Exit 24 for IL 143. Go east for approximately 3 miles and cross Silver Lake. At the top of the hill is a microwave tower. Turn left into Silver Lake Park. You can either park in one of the parking spots at the front of the park and lengthen your ride by about 1 mile on the pavement, or drive all the way back to where the trailhead begins at the end of the road near the climbing wall.
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Open as of Sep 12, 2021Stats
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- Trails (view details)
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- Trails Mountain Bike
- 1
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- 1
- Total Distance
- 3 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 4,862 ft
- Total Descent
- 59 ft
- Total Vertical
- 31 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 531 ft
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- 5
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- 24
Popular Silver Lake Mountain Biking Trails
• 70 ★ 2.0 • 3 miles • 67 ft • 19 •
This trail is very nice for a simple ride. There are some trouble spots that are muddy but you can see the township takes this trail very serious and is working on the improvements. In the last year new bridges have been added to...
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake | Sep 12, 2021 @ 6:32pm Sep 12, 2021 | Dry | marksiemers |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erichaugen1 | ridden | trail | activity #42825929 | Aug 11, 2023 @ 11:49am Aug 11, 2023 |
| PlumbBobM | update | trail | activity #36832571 | Jan 19, 2023 @ 5:09pm Jan 19, 2023 |
| PlumbBobM | update | trail | activity #36807603 | Jan 18, 2023 @ 12:43pm Jan 18, 2023 |
| RitchX63cKk | ridden | trail | activity #36023637 | Dec 14, 2022 @ 4:06pm Dec 14, 2022 |
| marksiemers | add | report | activity #23105707 | Sep 12, 2021 @ 6:32pm Sep 12, 2021 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | Trail was mostly good today. Slightly... | Sep 12, 2021 @ 6:30pm Sep 12, 2021 | ||
| trail | Trail is a wider dirt trail. Mainly used for... | Feb 28, 2019 @ 5:16pm Feb 28, 2019 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville | 2 | 9 | 16.2 km | ||
| Englemann Farm Park | 19.5 km | ||||
| Kingsbury Park | 3 | 19.9 km | |||
| Eldon Hazlet State Park | 21.1 km | ||||
| Spillway Recreation Area | 21.5 km |
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 1 | 3 miles | 59 ft | 4,862 ft | 33 ft | #12,982 | #5,273 | 5 | 5 | 270 | ||
| Hike | 1 | 3 miles | 59 ft | 4,862 ft | 33 ft | #20,872 | #10,609 | 5 | 12 |
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