Virgil Gilman Trail EB (Entirety), Sugar Grove, IL (IL 47) to Montgomery IL (Hill Ave) | VirtualBike

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Welcome to another VirtualBike! Today we return to the lower far-west suburbs of Chicago to the Virgil Gilman Trail in Montgomery, Aurora, and Sugar Grove. You guys will recognize this trail from last VirtualBike except now we're going back the other way. Much of this trail follows an old rail line (another one of those rail-trails!) and passes through great prairie, forest, urban, suburban, and exurban civilization.
Enjoy this beautiful ride and remember to Like, Subscribe, Comment, and Share so more people can enjoy these videos and that you'll never miss another VirtualRide!
Filmed June 2023.
TIME STAMPS:
Waubonsee Community College: 0:26
Bliss Rd: 11:43
IL 56: 19:05
Galena Blvd: 23:27
Blackberry Creek Suspension Bridge: 26:54
Orchard Rd: 31:34
S Lake St (IL 31): 42:28
Fox River Trail West: 43:57
Fox River/Fox River Trail East: 44:22
Broadway (IL 25): 44:50
Montgomery Rd: 52:45
Hill Ave: 58:41
CITIES:
Intro: 0:00-0:21
Sugar Grove, IL: 0:21-20:43
Aurora, IL: 20:43-52:45
Montgomery, IL: 52:45-58:58
Outro: 58:58-

[@matthewhedrichjr.5445]

Cool bike ride.

[@MrStones1963]

I have been waiting for this upload, as I grew up in this neighborhood and am glad to find virtual footage heading eastbound.

[@kennykrobs6935]

They really need to repave the Gilman, those cracks in road are terrible, kills the ride for me, plus gives me headaches.

[@JR-playlists]

Did you know that the Gilman trail is built on an abandoned passenger railbed starting at 9:50 timestamp? (notice the raised railbed and the straight nature of the trail, the original line bordered the Aurora airport and went through DeKalb where a small segment of rail is still present along Peace road behind a fence). The trolley ran from Joliet to Rockford daily. The first section of trail was opened on the Westside of Aurora in the late 1960's between 24:00 & 38:45. It was one of the first rail trails in the nation, complete with brass sundials at each road crossing, and a playground (it was removed, now refereed to as Palmer Park). 44:20 original trolley trestle. If you speed up the video, you can pretend like your the engineer of the trolley