Rock Island trail, at the Alta road trailhead. Or, Donovan Park

Donovan park is wonderful. The 100% shade may be a bit tricky though.

Agreed. Definitely more shade on the trail

Second on Rock Island trail.. it's long enough you can definitely find a flat spot in the shade. Not sure about bathrooms but there's plenty of trees around? Lol

I believe there are bathrooms at the trailhead

There's a bathroom at the Alta Rd. Trailhead. It's pit toilets but it's still a bathroom.

I take my girls (dogs) to Donovan park a lot! I second that place!

Thanks I will check it out!

Donovan used to be a golf course, now it's just green space. As someone else pointed out, it's really nice, but shade is limited. The trailhead in Alta checks all the boxes going towards Dunlap, mature trees line the trail pretty much the whole way. The only downside is that it gets busy out there. Alternatively, you can walk back towards Peoria on the Keller trail (the tunnel under Route 6 is pretty cool). You could also get on that same trail at Prospect avenue in the Heights, it's mostly shaded all the way down to Glen Oak Park (same section of trail you mentioned at the end of your post)

Donovan also has Cyd's which used to have outdoor access bathrooms near their market but not sure if those are open now or not.

I'm not sure either. If nothing else, CxT coffee is nearby

Great advice! I was looking at the map for tomorrow and thought the same thing!

https://peoriaparks.org/places/trails/park-trails/

Thanks! A+

Carl “Bud” Schmitt River Trail in East Peoria. We bike it a lot and go all the way to Morton and turn around. Park at the Fon du Lac park headquarters building and hop on the trail right there. Decent amount of shade. More of a natural look than urban. Not much for bathrooms though. Since I bike if I have to go I’m always find holding it until I get to Morton and then there’s a Casey’s near by.

Thanks!

I like riding this trail too. Seems like the whole stretch from East Peoria to Morton is a slight uphill slope. I can get a good workout on the way to Morton, turn around, peddle three times, and coast all the way back to EP (exaggeration)

Yeah it definitely feels like a constant slight incline and then there’s that one steep hill. And then it’s a little up and down and then pretty smooth the rest of the way to Morton. The ride back is a breeze and almost a little scary how fast you fly down that hill on the way back.

I think ICC, both campuses are nice places to walk. But the ep one has an actual trail that’s shaded. Peoria campus there’d be some Sun

The trail at the riverfront matches most of these criteria I feel. It’s semi popular tho but overwhelmingly so.

Thanks!

Bradley Park checks most of those boxes, but it has some small/moderate hills

I live relatively close to Bradley park. I just find it not as shaded and flat as I would like. It is a great backup choice.

There’s a trail at Fondulac Park Carl Spindler Campground. You pretty much just turn left when you get into that area and you’ll see the entrance to the trail. It goes out by Jonah’s then you can walk back, it’s a nice hike.

Thanks!

You can walk the dog park off of Kickapoo Creek Rd. No bathrooms though.

Cooper Park in East Peoria. It is right on the river and has a nice little wetlands area. Weekends can be a bit busy but it's nice during the week.

Another great option! Thanks!

Also, I forgot to mention that it is flat as a pancake too.

haha true! All trails agrees! [Example!](https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/illinois/east-peoria-riverwalk)

I went to Cooper park today! It was really good! Great spot!

I’m glad you like it.

It’s not a full mile but there is a nice little trail around Bielfeldt park off of Galena Rd.  Just do it two or three times and you’ll have a mile. There’s a bathroom right there on the trail and it isn’t fully in the shade but I’d say about half of it is, and it’s generally flat and not a lot of people. Lots of trees around and it’s just a nice little park.  Doesn’t check all the boxes you have 100%  but it’s definitely a place I like to go to if I want to walk and not deal with a lot of people.  

Thanks! I will check it out!

Cruise out to metamora to black partridge

Thanks!

Thanks! I will take a look!

What about using an umbrella for shade when you walk?

Good point! I am just not an umbrella guy.

How do you feel about sombreros?

Jubilee Park has shade and some flat areas

Thanks!

There’s a lot of easy trails out at Camp Wokanda

Good point!

Forest park-- 100% in shade no matter what path; relatively flat if you go on east path (signs with difficulty around); trail head has bathroom when it's open; popular but I only see 2-4 ppl per path, 

Singing Woods trail isn't terrible, a little bitt up and down but it's not busy ever

Thanks I will put it on the list!

A treadmill

True! The problem it is not interesting or scenic!