Madison County Transit in Illinois, just across the river from St Louis, has 85 miles of interconnected trails – a cyclist’s dream.

Another graphic to show seven suggested loops:

We parked inside Horseshoe Lake State Park to start our ride.

Here are the different trails we rode today. 1-Schoolhouse Trail:



Intersection with 2-Goshen Trail:




Intersection with 3-Nickel Plate Trail:



Intersection with 4-Nature Trail:



Here we made a left turn onto 1-Schoolhouse Trail to finish the loop and head back to the car:

Great ride. 26 miles.