Welcome to the
Illinois Prairie Path

The Illinois Prairie Path (IPP) is a 61-mile hiking/biking trail located about 20 miles west of Chicago, Illinois, in Cook, DuPage and Kane Counties.

If you want to learn more about the history of the IPP, check out the brief history, the virtual museum, the map, the story from some of the IPP founders, or do your own history treasure hunt.

If you want to learn more about the IPP not-for-profit corporation, check out the "About" page.

What's New:

• A new look to the IPP website!
• Prairie Path users decry loss of trees
• Earth Day cleanup - April 23, 2005
• The Brief History Page and the History Treasure Hunt (from 1987) are now on-line.
• New IPP color map can be ordered, download the free B&W map
• Don't forget to check out the events page too!

Please contact us at the following address should you need any additional information or have any questions about the above IPP projects: Illinois Prairie Path, PO Box 1086, Wheaton, IL 60189. Our voicemail number is (630) 752-0120. Our Internet site can be reached by either searching on "Illinois Prairie Path" or by entering http://www.IPP.org

If you have any questions or concerns regarding trail maintenance in DuPage County you should contact Deborah Fagan, Chief Planner and County Trail System Coordinator, DuPage County Division of Transportation, 421 N. County Farm Rd., Wheaton, IL 60187 - (630) 407-6883. If you have any questions regarding trail maintenance in Kane County you should contact the Kane County Forest Preserve District at 719 Batavia Ave., Building G, Geneva, IL 60134.