St. James Farm Forest Preserve: Red Loop, Purple Trail, Blue Trail + Exploring - May 2023

This is what the trail looked like in May 2023.

Starting from the South side of St. James Farm, Warrenville, DuPage County, Illinois. Where their trails meet the Aurora Branch of the Illinois Prairie Path by the Butterfield Rd. Tunnel. Riding the Red Loop, Purple & Blue Trails + Exploring around the area of St. James Farm.

*LOOP RIDE & ROUND TRIPS*

Do you want to see this ride on a map?
AllTrails Ride Link: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/st-james-farm-loop-trail-1c303b0

0:00 Intro
1:50 Ride Start
2:54 McCormick Woods Trail
3:49 Spring Brook
4:37 Warbler Trail
5:30 End of the Warbler Trail
6:22 What is this?
6:48 Horses
7:50 Back on the Red Loop
9:04 Aurora Branch
10:08 Back at the Starting Point
10:44 Going to Explore
11:26 Horse Wagons
12:02 Horse Statue
12:38 William Deering & Co. Doorway
13:17 Dairy Operations
14:17 Red Brick Stable
15:24 Caboose
15:36 Show Stable
16:40 Finished Exploring
16:59 Outro

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* THUMBNAIL NOTES *
The County name in the lower right of the thumbnail indicates where the trail ride starts from. The trail may go through other counties as well.

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When I research new bike trails to ride I use the AllTrails app (love it!) for discovery and YouTube to see what the trail looks like. Many times, any questions I may have (What does the trail look like? How well taken care of is the trail? How wide is the trail? Does it look like a trail we can pull a kids trailer on? How does the new detour go? Are there many places to stop? Where does it tend to flood? How does this trail connect to that trail?) can be answered by a simple video like this. Unfortunately there are a lot of trails that I can’t find videos on or they are way out of date. Hopefully this video will help others who may want to quickly see a trail to decide if it’s a good fit for their ride style.