The way points of this bicycle route:
Start heading south out of the I&M Canal Lock 14 access area
Left on IL 351 (Joliet St) to cross bridge over canal
Left on First St.
Becomes Canal St.
Becomes Brunner St
Becomes Water St.
Right on Pike to go up the steep hill
Left on Main
Right on Henry
Left on US 6 (4th St)
Right on Peru-Princeton Dr (Co Hwy 3575 E)
Bear left to stay on Peru-Princeton Rd / Co Hwy 3300 E
Left on US 6 (Princeton St) Watch for fast traffic
Bear right onto Main ST
Left on West St
Right on Peru St/ Co 1500 N
Continue west on US 6 Watch for fast traffic
Left on County 2775. This deviates from the Openlands GIT route to avoid 7 mi freshly graded gravel + 3 mi ballast gravel. Co 2775 is a truck route, but with almost no truck traffic traffic on weekends.
Right on Co 1350 N. This avoids a difficult section of IL 29 with bad sight lines, steep hills and curves.
Becomes Oakbrook Dr
Right on IL 29 [Joins IL 29 west of hills & curves]
Over RR tracks and right into Hennepin Canal trailhead
