Updated October 2026
Shawnee National Forest Mountain Bike Trails
Mountain bike
0mi
No mountain-bike designation recorded
0% of mapped trail
E-bike
0miClass 1
No e-bike designation recorded
0% of mapped trail
Mountain bike
0mi
No mountain-bike designation recorded
0% of mapped trail
- Season on record
- Not recorded
- Bike Access Grade
- F0% of rideable miles open to bikes. How we grade
E-bike
0miClass 1
No e-bike designation recorded
- Class 10 mi
- Class 20 mi
- Class 30 mi
Treated as a motor vehicle: ridden only where designated.
- Ridable trails
- 0
- Mapped trail
- 449 mi on 348 segments
Both lanes share one scale: the 449 mi of National Forest System trail mapped in Shawnee National Forest, Illinois. From USFS National Forest System Trails records, updated October 2026.
Shawnee National Forest earns a Bike Access Grade of F: 0% of its rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes (no Class-1 e-bike designation on record). Restricted — traditional bikes are open on very few of the forest’s rideable miles.
Shawnee National Forest carries 449 mi of mapped National Forest System trail, of which 0 mi across 0 segments is designated for mountain bikes. Class 1 e-bikes are designated on 0 segments (0 mi).
What the USFS data shows for Shawnee National Forest
Shawnee National Forest maps 449 mi of National Forest System trail across 348 segments, but USFS travel-management data records no bike-designated mileage for this forest — every segment shown here is hike/stock or otherwise non-bike in the official layer.
The network is built mostly on native dirt: 333 of 348 surfaced segments (96%) are native material.
By USFS difficulty rating the trails skew intermediate, the most common designation at 198 of 348 rated segments (57%).
The most common USFS trail class is Class 1 (158 segments), on the 1-primitive to 5-developed scale.
1 segments carry an ADA-accessibility flag in the dataset.
Trail surface
- Native Material333
- Crushed Aggregate Or Gravel7
- Other4
- Imported Compacted Material3
- Ac- Asphalt1
USFS trail class (1 = primitive · 5 = developed)
- Class 1158
- Class 2144
- Class 338
- Class 48
0% of this forest's mapped trail is bike-designated. Note: USFS records trail grade (steepness), not technical MTB difficulty — we surface grade where present but do not infer a black/blue/green rating from it.
Where it is
Approximate center of Shawnee National Forest. USFS trail geometry isn't mapped here — use the ranger district for trailheads.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the bike access grade for Shawnee National Forest?
- Shawnee National Forest earns a Bike Access Grade of F: 0% of its rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes (no Class-1 e-bike designation on record). Restricted — traditional bikes are open on very few of the forest’s rideable miles.
- How many miles of mountain bike trail are in Shawnee National Forest?
- Shawnee National Forest has about 0 mi of bike-designated trail across 0 segments, out of 449 mi of total National Forest System trail.
- What is the riding season in Shawnee National Forest?
- Season windows vary by trail and elevation in Shawnee National Forest; check current conditions with the ranger district.
- Are e-bikes allowed in Shawnee National Forest?
- Only where designated. Class 1 e-bikes are recorded on 0 segments. See the e-bike rules page for the class-by-class breakdown.
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