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Greenways in Kane:
  • = Rail-Trail
  • = Waterway
  • = Rail-with-Trail
  • = Utility ROW
Corridor Utilization
      in miles
Existing Build-
out
Existing
———
Build-out
Fox River Trail27.9(1st)32.8 85.1%
Great Western Trail10.8(2nd)14.7 73.7%
Virgil Gilman Trail9.0(3rd)12.2 73.9%
IPP - Elgin Branch6.7     6.7 100%
IPP - Batavia Spur4.8     5.3 90%
IPP - Aurora Branch4.3     4.5 95.1%
Waubonsie Creek Trail3.3     3.3 100%
Otter Creek corridor1.9     5.3 36.5%
Mid-County Trail1.8     4.7 38%
IPP - Geneva Spur1.4     1.4 100%
Norton Creek corridor1.4     4.9 28.8%
Ferson Creek corridor1.2     7.6 16.1%
Lake Run corridor1.2     1.2 100%
Mill Creek corridor1.1     6.6 16.4%
EJ&E corridor0.7     7.9 9.1%
BNSF corridor0.5     9.7 5.4%
Tyler Creek corridor0.5     13.4 3.8%
Springbrook Prairie Trail0.5     2.7 17.3%
Overland Route0.3     6.5 5.4%
Jane Addams corridor0.2     4.6 3.7%
Blackberry Creek corridor0.0     5.5 0%
Brewster Creek corridor0.0     3.3 0%
ComEd Trail0.0     5.0 0%
ComEd ROW - Kane Cty corridor0.0     5.5 0%
Huntley-Union-Marengo Trail0.0     2.9 0%
Jelkes Creek corridor0.0     3.3 0%
Pipeline corridor0.0     1.0 0%
How Kane 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 Kane
★ = has over 5 miles of existing trails
★ = has Planned Trail(s)
Greenway Density
      miles/miles2
ExistingBuild-out
Virgil★1.46 1.46
Lily Lake★0.84 0.84
South Elgin★0.77 1.07
Wayne★0.63 1.56
Batavia★0.46 0.63
Aurora★0.43 0.85
West Dundee★0.39 1.28
Sugar Grove★0.35 1.21
Geneva★★0.35 0.99
Carpentersville★0.30 0.30
St. Charles★★0.28 0.80
North Aurora★★0.26 1.12
Campton Hills★0.20 0.23
Elgin★★0.14 0.81

   
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