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Pick Up Your Trail Map Guide at Any of Our Recreation Centers

 

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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

Test your bike safety knowledge! Discover relevant laws and best safety strategies for sharing the road successfully. Created by Ride Illinois, a nonprofit organization working statewide for better bicycling conditions. Online quizes are available for child bicyclists, adult bicyclists, motorists, and driver's education students.

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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

Play in the Parks

Enjoy the following outdoor amenities throughout Palatine!

Basketball
Ashwood Park
Birchwood Park
Community Park
Cottonwood Park
Finch Park
Hummingbird Park
Maple Park
Oak Park
Schultz Recreation Area
Willowwood Park

Disc Golf Course
Riemer Reservoir

Dog Park*
Plum Grove Reservoir

Golf*
Palatine Hills Golf Course

FootGolf*
Palatine Hills Golf Course

Fishing Areas
Peregrine Park
Plum Grove Reservoir
Schultz Recreation Area

Pickleball Courts
Locust Park
Hamilton Reservoir
Sycamore Park

Sand Volleyball Courts
Community Center
Oak Park

Shelter Rentals*
Birchwood Park
Community Park
Hamilton Reservoir
Osage Park
Plum Grove Reservoir
Riemer Reservoir
Schultz Recreation Area
Towne Square

Skate Park
Community Park

Tennis Courts
Birchwood Park
Community Center
Eagle Park
Locust Park
Schultz Recreation Area
Sycamore Park

Ice Skating**
Community Park

Sledding**
Riemer Reservoir
Schultz Recreation Area

* Fees apply.
** Winter only amenities.

 


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Community Center
250 E. Wood St.
Palatine, IL 60067
Phone: 847.991.0333

Registration Office

Birchwood
Recreation Center
435 W. Illinois Ave.
Palatine, IL 60067
Phone: 847.991.1960

Registration Office

Falcon Park
Recreation Center
2195 N. Hicks Rd.
Palatine, IL 60074
Phone:  847.202.5111

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