"Mike" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
Quoted message said:A friend has a question about the Chicago lakeshore bike path.
I was riding this past Saturday up the North Shore Trail from Glenview and
just past the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, the trail takes a hard
right and circles under Amstutz Highway before heading north one block to M
L King Drive. At that intersection there is a sign that says the trail turns
hard left, heading west. That is the last sign for the trail. I rode clear
across Green Bay Road (about 1 mile) without seeing another sign.
This is a little confusing. I think what you're talking about is the
Robert McClory Trail.
Past the Naval Station, continue north (instead of following the
signs) until you get to the railroad tracks. Cross the tracks, and
follow M L King road west about 1/10 mile. You'll come to what looks
like a factory shipping entrance (plastic manufacturing or
distribution) , except there's kindofa path to the right (east) of the
entrance. (I think, but I'm not sure there's a stop light here.) Go
north on this a very short distance, maybe a block, cross a street,
and you'll be on a gravel path which continues all the way to Kenosha.
Alternately, you can follow the signs, circle under the road, and
you'll come out to the same place but maybe be unable to find the path
again when you reach M L King road. I'm not sure why the
sign-planners chose to sign the route this way; to me it's much easier
to just cross the tracks and take M L King drive the short distance to
where the route resumes.
But you're right, I don't think the route north from M L King Road is
very well signed.
Hope this helps.
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