LOCAL RECREATION

• Lake Louise Camping Resort - Full hookup RV sites, with swimming beach on Lake Louise. PO Box 451, Byron, IL 61010
• Pearl Lake - Loves Park, local swimming and fishing lake
• P.I.T. Skate Park - for skateboarders, inline skaters, and bikers
• Rock Cut State Park - Two lakes set off the park’s 3,092 acres. Pierce Lake, with 162 acres, is a retreat for people wanting to fish, ice fish or ice skate. A second 50-acre Olson Lake is especially for swimmers. Rounding out the park’s recreational options are camping, hiking, horseback trails, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling. 
• Yogi Bear Jellystone Park - Campground with partial hookups, pool, laundry, store, propane and more. 7050 Epworth Road, Garden Prairie, Illinois 61038

• Chicagoland Bicycle Federation This is the organization promoting cycling in Chicago. The site includes maps and information on getting some of the cycling maps that they publish. These are excellent maps of Chicago.
• Chicago Mountain Biking This site has trail descriptions and details on how to get the book "Chicago Mountain Biking.
• Illinois Bureau of Tourism
• Shabbona Lake State Park -Shabbona Lake State Park is located in Southern DeKalb County, in Northern Illinois, about halfway between Chicago & Rockford.  Home of the Illinois State Muskie Record!
• The League of Illinois Bicyclists
• Turf Chicago - devoted to the local mountain biking scene. Includes a trail finder, photo gallery, calendar of events and trail conditions.

• Great Annual Bicycle Adventure Along the Wisconsin River (GRABAAWR) and Great Bicycle
• Ride Across Wisconsin (SAGBRAW) - sponsors of GRABAAWR, the Great Annual Bicycle Adventure Along the Wisconsin River, and SAGBRAW, the Great Bicycle Ride Across Wisconsin.
• Wisconsin Bike Trails - vital statistics on trails, photos and recommendations.
• Wisconsin State Parks, Forests and Trails Off-Road Bicycle Trail Guide

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• Rails-To-Trails Conservancy has a WEB Page that has links to some great Rail-Trail vacation areas. It has the same information that is in their "700 Great Rail-Trails Directory"
• Yahoo! Cycling Resources