Description

Tour

Distance - 325 to 565 miles for the week

It’s a unique week-long bike ride featuring a sampling of routes on the Grand Illinois Trail combined with overnights at five outstanding state parks. The ride begins and ends at Batavia’s Mooseheart School, then makes an extended circular tour through northern Illinois, following three rivers – the Illinois, the Rock, and the Fox.. The route is generally flat, with mileage choices ranging from 325 to 565 miles for the week. Dinners, breakfasts, camping sites, sags, bike repair, T-shirts, door prizes, and evening programs, including the Illinois Humanities Council’s acclaimed Velosophie. Motel package available. Limited to 160 riders.

Route

Northern Illinois Bativia; Illini State Park; Starved Rock State Park; Lowden State Park; Rock Cut State Park; Chain O' Lakes State Park

Registration

For information: www.bikelib.org/gitap; oestreich@qconline.com; or call Chuck Oestreich at 309-788-1845.

Contact

Chuck Oestreich

oestreich@qconline.com

309-788-1845