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External Links
RTAMS: Regional Transportation Asset System
RTAMS
Wikipedia entry for Lake
Lake
Greater Chicago Housing and Community Development Website
Census Data
County Maps & Plans

Forest Preserve District

 Lake County Forest Preserves 
Des Plaines River Trail Map [2006]
Hastings Creek Trail Map [2008]
Mill Creek Trail Map [2007]
Sequoit Creek Trail Map [2007]
Lake Trails Map [2004]

State Government

 Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) 
Lake Bicycle Map [2007]

County Government

 Lake County 
Lake Bikeway Map [2003]
Lake Trails Plan [2004]
Greenways in Lake:
  • = Rail-Trail
  • = Waterway
  • = Rail-with-Trail
  • = Utility ROW
 Corridor Utilization
      in miles
Existing Build-
out		 Existing
———
Build-out
Des Plaines River Trail16.4(1st)18.6 88.3%
Green Bay Trail13.7(2nd)18.3 75%
Robert McClory Bike Path11.8(3rd)11.8 100%
Skokie Valley Bike Path8.8     13.0 68%
North Shore Bike Path7.5     8.1 93.6%
Millennium Trail7.2     7.2 100%
Middlefork Trail4.9     10.9 45.1%
Lakefront Path4.9     4.9 100%
EJ&E corridor4.7     21.5 22.1%
ComEd ROW - Lake Cty corridor3.8     33.4 11.3%
Bull's Brook corridor3.8     3.9 96%
Flint Creek corridor2.9     6.4 45.6%
Chain O'Lakes Bike Path2.7     15.3 17.7%
North Central corridor1.7     21.8 7.8%
Hastings Creek corridor1.6     4.2 37.8%
Mill Creek corridor1.5     10.1 14.9%
Buffalo Creek corridor1.5     9.3 16.1%
Sequoit Creek corridor1.1     7.4 15%
Skokie River corridor1.1     9.0 12.2%
Seavey Ditch corridor1.0     6.8 15.3%
Deer Grove to Buffalo Creek corridor0.9     2.6 34.7%
North Mill Creek corridor0.9     6.6 13.6%
Milwaukee Road corridor0.8     5.4 14.7%
West Fork North Branch corridor0.4     4.8 9.1%
Fox River Trail0.1     2.6 4.4%
Nippersink Trail0.0     2.6 0%
Kellogg Ravine corridor0.0     4.1 0%
Northwestern corridor0.0     4.7 0%
Squaw Creek corridor0.0     15.8 0%
Eagle Creek corridor0.0     4.7 0%
Indian Creek corridor0.0     15.9 0%
Aptakisic Creek corridor0.0     2.8 0%
How Lake Ranks amongst Northern Illinois Counties
★ = has over 60 miles of existing trails
★ = has Planned Trail(s)		 Greenway Density
      miles/miles2
ExistingBuild-out
Whiteside★4.43 4.43
Bureau★3.48 3.48
Henry★2.84 2.84
Boone★0.94 1.47
Stephenson★0.79 0.79
Winnebago★0.43 0.82
Grundy★0.14 2.5
DeKalb★0.13 2.76
Communities in Lake
★ = has over 5 miles of existing trails
★ = has Planned Trail(s)		 Greenway Density
      miles/miles2
ExistingBuild-out
Highwood★1.67 1.67
Lake Bluff★★0.96 1.55
Libertyville★★0.81 1.84
Zion★0.80 1.23
Highland Park★★0.78 1.29
Green Oaks★0.74 1.36
Lake Forest★0.65 1.04
Winthrop Harbor★0.57 1.33
Beach Park★0.52 0.67
Mettawa★0.52 0.61
Wauconda★0.49 1.26
Round Lake Beach★★0.48 0.95
Vernon Hills★★0.45 1.15
Deer Park★★0.39 0.60
Grayslake★★0.37 0.98
Bannockburn★0.37 0.53
Fox Lake★0.35 1.38
Lindenhurst★0.34 0.95
Lincolnshire★0.34 0.76
Gurnee★★0.31 0.77
Lake Barrington★0.30 1.01
Hawthorn Woods★0.28 1.44
Waukegan★★0.27 0.58
Riverwoods★0.26 0.52
North Chicago★0.22 0.88
Barrington★0.18 1.39
Volo★0.17 0.46
North Barrington★0.15 0.28
Mundelein★0.14 1.09
Antioch★0.12 0.94
Deerfield★0.12 0.87
Lake Villa★0.11 1.59
Buffalo Grove★★0.11 0.79
Long Grove★★0.04 1.49
Spring Grove★★0.03 0.45
Lake Zurich★0.02 0.66
Old Mill Creek★0.00 1.01
Round Lake★0.00 0.92
Kildeer★0.00 0.89
Hainesville★0.00 0.61

   
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