Walk Across Illinois: Get Active and Get Going! A vision of the Active Transportation Alliance

Springfield
Springfield is the capital of Illinois and has a lot of political activity going on. Many laws are debated and decided in this town.

Lincoln
Lincoln, Illinois, is the only town that was named for Abraham Lincoln before he became president. As a young man, Lincoln was known to walk miles to borrow a book and walk miles to return it.

Joliet
In the early 1800s, before European settlers came to Illinois, the Blackhawk Native American Tribe lived in this area. The Chicago Blackhawks hockey team is named after the Indian Tribe who lived in the Joliet area.