RIDE ACROSS ILLINOIS (RAIL) SOUTH
Sat. June 21st, 2025

RAIL South will be on hiatus again for the 2024 season since we will be supporting the Major Taylor International Cycling Alliance convention in Chicago on June 21 - 23, 2024. Please mark your calendars for next year's RAIL South on Saturday, June 21st, 2025 or join us for RAIL North from Moline to Chicago on Sunday, June 16th, 2024!

CYCLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN ONE DAY!

CLICK HERE to register!

RAIL South will travel approximately 165 miles in one day from St. Louis, MO to Vincennes, IN.

The event will always occur on the Saturday on or after June 21st, the longest day of the year.

Most participants will only have to take time off from work on the Friday before the event in order to travel to the start of the event. From our experience this is easiest to do on a Friday during the summertime anyways.

All cycling will occur on Saturday. There will be less traffic than weekdays (particularly from businesses and schools) and also less of a rush hour. Riding on Saturday will also allows you to recover and/or travel back home on Sunday so you can be back to work on Monday.

Because St. Louis and Chicago are on Central Daylight Time (CDT) and Vincennes is on Eastern Standard Time (EDT), all specific times in the RAIL South event are indicated as either CDT or EDT as appropriate. The different time zones do not affect the actual duration of any ride services, such as rest stop open and close times.

• Click Here for the overall general RAIL South route between St. Louis and Vincennes including the rest stop and water stop locations overlaid on satellite imagery.

Click on one of the links at left for more information about the RAIL South event.