Palatine Trail is a bicycle, hiking, and nature trail which extends through the Palatine Park District. Combining paved trail with designated side streets, Palatine Trail provides access to schools, Harper College, neighborhood parks, Palatine Hills Golf Course, and several other northwest suburban bike trails.

Safety Along the Palatine Trail

Guidelines for All Users

Stay to the right on the trail
Give warning before passing on the left
Move off the trail when stopped
Obey all stop signs
Wear bright or reflective clothing
Motorized vehicles are prohibited

Guidelines for Cyclists

Always wear a helmet
Ride single file
Yield right of way to pedestrians
When riding at night, equip your bike with a headlight and reflectors
Use a moderate recreational speed of 12 mph
Speed training and racing are prohibited
Traffic laws apply to cyclists where trail crosses or runs along roads
Use hand signals for turns and stops

Illinois Bicycle Safety Quiz Challenge

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Village of Palatine Bicycle Transportation Plan

In 2016, the Village of Palatine added a variety of bicycle-related improvements to village road as part of ongoing implementation of the Village's Bicycle Transportation Plan adopted in 2011. Riders, runners, walkers, and drivers should make themselves familiar with these Bike Route and Bike Lane improvements.

Bike Route Type 1

Quiet residential streets with little to no on-street parking.
Low traffic volumes
Designated by green Bike Route signs, no pavement markings.

Bike Route Type 2

Streets with no parking, no bike lane, and high traffic counts.
Designated by green Bike Route signs, and bicycle pavement markings (sharrows).

Bike Route Type 3

Streets with parking, with higher traffic counts; usually a divided road.
Designated by shared bike/parking signs, green Bike Route signs, solid white line seven feet from curb, bicycle markings (sharrows) outside the shared lane.
Riders will ride outside the bike lane when cars occupy the shared parking area.

Bike Lane

Streets that prohibit parking that are also wide enough to accommodate the required width for both vehicular and bicycle lanes.
Designated by black signs, solid white pavement stripe five feet from curb, bicycle markings (sharrows) inside the bike lane.

Trail Mileage

Traveling East to West

Anderson Drive to Williams Drive	1.0 mi
Williams Drive to Hicks Road Rest Area	0.9 mi
Hicks Road Rest Area to Ashwood Park	0.6 mi
Ashwood Park to Golf Course Parking Lot	1.3 mi
Golf Course Parking Lot to Quentin & Dundee Roads	0.9 mi
Total (Anderson Drive to Quentin & Dundee Roads	4.7 mi

Traveling North to South

Ashwood Park to Community Center	0.8 mi
Community Center to Riemer Reservoir	1.1 mi
Riemer Reservoir to Quentin & Palatine Roads	0.4 mi
Palatine Road to Heron Park	1.2 mi
Heron Park to Illinois Avenue	0.7 mi
Illinois Avenue to Peregrine Park	1.3 mi
Euclid Avenue to Quentin Road	0.5 mi
Harper College Drive to Quentin Road	0.5 mi
Total (Riemer Reservoir to College Hill Circle)	5.3 mi
Total (Ashwood Park to College Hill Circle)	6.7 mi