Burr Ridge, Illinois Travel Information

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Other Activities

• Chicago Area Walking Tours and City Walks

Centennial and I&M Canal Trails (Distance: 2.2 mi) This route is jammed with scenic vistas and fascinating local history. While tracing the route of the Des Plaines River, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, and the I&M Canal, you’ll pass two museums...

Willow Springs, IL - Rail trails - length:20.1 mi

Maple Lake (Distance: 2.2 mi) Located at Palos Forest Preserve off IL83, 3 miles west of US 45. This 12-mile loop is a little longer and slightly more difficult than the Swallow Cliff loop. It passes around six sloughs and a coup...

LaGrange, IL - Mountain Biking - length:12 mi

Waterfall Glen (Distance: 2.6 mi) At the glen, trails are 8 feet wide, white-tailed deer are plentiful, and a scattering of pine groves planted long ago by the federal government offers constant changes in color and composition. Thoug...

Darien, IL - Road Biking - length:8.5 mi

Waterfall Glen (Distance: 2.9 mi) This ride is located south of Interstate 55 in Darien. You'll love this scenic, eight-and-a-half-mile loop. One of the most popular multi-purpose trails in the western Chicago suburbs, it passes thro...

Darien, IL - Mountain Biking - length:8.5 mi

Sag Valley (Distance: 3.1 mi) Palos is what everybody talks about when they refer to mountain biking in Chicagoland, yet they look at you kind of funny when you mention the Sag Valley. Maybe it's the name. The southern connection ...

Willow Springs, IL - Road Biking - length:12 mi

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Flagg Creek Flagg Creek Golf Course Municipal, 9 holes 2492 yards, par 33 1.4 miles from center of Burr Ridge, Illinois

Edgewood Valley Edgewood Valley Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6711 yards, par 72 1.7 miles from center of Burr Ridge, Illinois

Ruth Lake Ruth Lake Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6539 yards, par 71 1.8 miles from center of Burr Ridge, Illinois

Green Meadows Green Meadows Municipal, 9 holes 1942 yards, par 30 3.6 miles from center of Burr Ridge, Illinois

Carriage Greens Carriage Greens Country Club Public, 18 holes 6451 yards, par 70 3.8 miles from center of Burr Ridge, Illinois

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