Centennial and I&M Canal Trails
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- The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is a working canal with plenty of barge traffic.
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- Before reaching Romeoville Road and the Isle a La Cache Museum, the trail passes through a heavily wooded area.
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- The Gaylord Building in Lockport once served as storage for materials used in building I&M Canal. Now it contains a restaurant and a museum dedicated to the canal.
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- The Centennial Trail follows this bridge in Romeoville
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- Ducks gather in the shallow canal in Lockport.
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- Much of the northern half of the route offers a surprisingly remote feel as it cuts through many acres of wetlands and bottomland woods.
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- The Romeoville Road Bridge overlooks one of the electrical barriers built to keep the Asian Carp out of Lake Michigan.
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- When the Des Plaines River meanders away from the trail, the river is replaced by a remarkably quiet stretch of open grassland.
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- The small lighthouse-like structure marks the confluence of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Calumet Sag Canal.
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- Open stretches of the Des Plaines River appear regularly along the trail.
The Centennial/I&M Canal Trails are featured in Best Rail Trails Illinois.
