The Illinois Prairie Path is a network of 61 miles (98 km) of bicycle trails, mostly in DuPage County, Illinois. Portions of the trail extend west to Kane County and east to Cook County. Most of the trail is categorized as rail-to-trail, meaning that the bicycle path is built atop a converted former railroad right of way. In the case of the Prairie Path, the vast majority of its routing runs on the former right-of-way of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad.
2-mile marker on the Aurora Branch of the Illinois Prairie Path in Wheaton, Illinois
Illinois Prairie Path bridge over the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad in Wayne, Illinois
DuPage County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 932,877, making it Illinois' second-most populous county. Its county seat is Wheaton.
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Image: Restored tallgrass prairie in Du Page County, Illinois
The First Church of Lombard is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Aerial view of the Tevatron particle accelerator at the Fermilab site