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North Cook Bikeways Plan [2004]
Greenways in North Cook:
  • = Rail-Trail
  • = Waterway
  • = Rail-with-Trail
  • = Utility ROW
Corridor Utilization
      in miles
Existing Build-
out
Existing
———
Build-out
North Branch Trail12.3(1st)12.4 99.5%
Des Plaines River Trail10.9(2nd)12.7 85.9%
Green Bay Trail7.6(3rd)7.6 100%
Salt Creek Greenway7.5     15.0 50.1%
Spring Creek Headwaters corridor6.1     9.3 64.9%
Palatine to Prospect Heights Trail5.6     8.7 64%
Poplar Creek corridor5.4     6.0 89.7%
North Shore Channel Trail4.4     5.9 73.9%
ComEd ROW - Lombard to Des Plaines corridor2.8     4.7 60.1%
West Fork North Branch corridor2.8     8.1 34.8%
Pipeline corridor2.8     10.6 26.1%
Polk Branch corridor2.7     6.0 44.6%
Jane Addams corridor2.4     9.3 25.9%
Deer Grove to Buffalo Creek corridor2.4     6.2 38.5%
McDonald Creek corridor1.6     5.3 30.2%
Buffalo Creek corridor1.5     5.2 28.7%
North Central corridor1.4     11.7 12.2%
Yeargin Creek corridor1.4     1.4 98.7%
East Branch Poplar Creek corridor1.3     4.3 30.6%
Randy Neufeld Trail1.3     1.4 94.7%
Skokie Valley Trail1.0     10.0 9.5%
EJ&E corridor0.7     8.6 7.7%
Higgins-Willow Creek corridor0.1     3.3 3.6%
Flint Creek corridor0.0     3.9 0%
Middlefork Trail0.0     5.7 0%
New Line corridor0.0     11.9 0%
Northwestern corridor0.0     21.0 0%
Techny Trail0.0     7.3 0%
Valley Line Trail0.0     1.3 0%
Weber Spur corridor0.0     2.0 0%
West Branch Regional Trail0.0     1.1 0%
ComEd ROW - McHenry Cty corridor0.0     7.9 0%
Wellers Creek corridor0.0     6.3 0%
How North Cook Ranks amongst Chicago Area Counties
★ = has over 60 miles of existing trails
★ = has Planned Trail(s)
Greenway Density
      miles/miles2
ExistingBuild-out
Kane★0.36 0.82
DuPage★0.35 0.79
Lake★0.33 0.99
Kendall★0.31 2.07
North Cook★0.31 (5th) 0.9
McHenry★0.27 1.26
Will★0.27 1.02
South Cook★0.23 0.76
Chicago★★0.17 0.61
West Cook★0.17 0.51
Communities in North Cook
★ = has over 5 miles of existing trails
★ = has Planned Trail(s)
Greenway Density
      miles/miles2
ExistingBuild-out
Glencoe★1.00 1.17
Winnetka★0.78 0.78
Wheeling★★0.58 1.46
Northfield★0.56 1.09
Rolling Meadows★★0.50 1.08
Palatine★★0.49 0.96
Kenilworth★0.47 0.47
Morton Grove★0.44 1.57
Prospect Heights★0.36 0.68
Wilmette★★0.36 0.63
Hoffman Estates★★0.36 0.62
Evanston★★0.35 0.45
Streamwood★★0.34 0.83
Schaumburg★★0.30 0.72
Niles★0.28 0.94
Glenview★★0.27 0.93
Lincolnwood★0.26 1.18
Northbrook★0.25 1.11
Mount Prospect★0.25 0.63
Des Plaines★★0.24 1.69
Skokie★★0.24 0.71
Barrington Hills★0.21 1.02
Park Ridge★0.19 0.74
Elk Grove Village★0.17 0.70
Arlington Heights★★0.17 0.62
Inverness★0.07 0.70
Rosemont★0.06 0.98

   
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