Sam A. Vadalabene Nature Trail

Edwardsville, IL to Pontoon Beach, IL

 

 

 

   Two cyclists riding near the Pontoon Beach trailhead.

    The trail is 12.7 miles long, traveling through woods and rural

farmland, and connecting with the Schoolhouse Trail on

 the south end, as well as the Nickel Plate, Quercus Grove,

 Nickel Plate, Bluff, and Goshen trails to the north  . 

 

 

 

 

 

Major roads are marked with 'Bicycle Crossing' signs.

Flashing yellow lights activated by pressure plates warn motorists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   The only real hill on the trail  occurs where it crosses I-270

  using a little traveled back road.

 

 

 

 

               

 

 

    The trail travels through a tunnel under IL 157.

 

 

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