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View of Fabyan Windmill – Dam on the DuPage River Trail loop from Lisle

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View of Fabyan Windmill – Dam on the DuPage River Trail loop from Lisle

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View of Fabyan Windmill – Dam on the DuPage River Trail loop from Lisle

06:18

103km

350m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 0 m for 259 m

After 86.4 km for 258 m

After 103 km for 286 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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9.00 km

Pioneer Park Forest Preserve

Highlight • Forest

This is a preserved area along the DuPage River, here you can spot wildflowers and a variety of species of birds while cycling through woodland and open meadows. Perfect for a leisurely break.

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11.2 km

West Branch Riverway Forest Preserve

Highlight • Forest

The West Branch Riverway Forest Preserve is a 713-acre nature preserve in Bartlett. It has a variety of habitats along the river that help promote a biodiversity of plants and animals. Be on the lookout for reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and birds, including grassland birds and migrating and nesting shorebirds.

Tip by

41.6 km

North Aurora Dam

Highlight • Structure

Good place to relax in a gazebo overlooking the dam.

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49.7 km

Fabyan Forest Preserve

Highlight • Forest

The Fabyan Forest Preserve is a popular, well-loved park Geneva, Illinois. Located right on the Fox River, there are several natural and historic features; there is the Fabyan Villa Museum, the Japanese Tea Garden and the Fabyan Windmill, the Fabyan lighthouse, and fishing walking, jogging, biking trails along the river on the Fox River Trail.

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49.9 km

View of Fabyan Windmill

Highlight • Monument

The Fabyan Windmill is an authentic Dutch windmill still in operation. It is a structure dating from about 1950 and is located on what was the property of Colonel George Fabyan, now Kane County Forest Preserve District.
It was used for grinding several types of grain, including corn, wheat, rye, and oats.

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52.9 km

Riverside Park (Buie Park)

Highlight • Rest Area

This park sits at the juncture of the Fox River Trail (which runs north and south along the river) and a spur of the long-distance Illinois Prairie Path, which you can join to the east. And, of course, you get great views of the river from right here in the park.

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66.6 km

Winfield Mounds Forest Preserve

Nature Reserve

82.2 km

Silver Lake Lakeside View

Highlight • Lake

Silver Lake is part of the Blackwell Forest Preserver complex of small ponds. Silver Lake itself is noted as a good fishing lake, and it is in a serene, tranquil setting. Here, there are a series of steps going down to the lakeside from the trail, where there are some picnic benches. It makes for a nice place to have a look at this beautiful lake.

Tip by

86.5 km

Mud Lake

Lake

88.3 km

McDowell Grove Forest Preserve

Nature Reserve

90.1 km

Dam on the DuPage River Trail

Highlight • Structure

Interesting infrastructure to control floodwaters entering Naperville.

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91.1 km

West Branch Riverway

Forest

103 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

56.2 km

23.8 km

13.7 km

5.06 km

3.53 km

496 m

150 m

Surfaces

52.4 km

25.2 km

18.9 km

5.17 km

1.14 km

Elevation

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Highest point (240 m)

Lowest point (190 m)

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Saturday 11 July

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View of Fabyan Windmill – Dam on the DuPage River Trail loop from Lisle

Pioneer Park Forest Preserve

West Branch Riverway Forest Preserve

North Aurora Dam

Fabyan Forest Preserve

View of Fabyan Windmill

Riverside Park (Buie Park)

Silver Lake Lakeside View

Dam on the DuPage River Trail

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