Metra / UP-N to Wilmette / Glencoe / Fort Sheridan
Skokie / North Shore Road Training
The serious-training direction: UP-N access, North Shore roads, and Fort Sheridan terrain.
Worth The Train Ready 41 min to good stuff 23.7 mi 5/5 intervals
Decision
Worth The Train dry roads, low traffic, weekday morning, group ride day
Avoid school traffic, ice, heavy wind off the lake
Workout tempo / threshold
Surface Paved: Road and path connectors; better for experienced road riding than casual trail cruising.
Access
Ogilvie to Wilmette / Glencoe / Fort Sheridan 36 min typical train time
5 min roll to the useful riding
Good for one-way or bailout planning because UP-N stations repeat along the route.
Confidence
Geometry Generated
Surface Known
Access Checked
Last checked 2026-05-28
Hazards
- North Shore road traffic · medium Ride predictably and choose effort blocks where the road opens up.
- Connector complexity · medium Keep GPX loaded; it is easy to drift into slower town-street riding.
Effort Windows
- North Shore road blocks · 5-20 min Use station towns and crossings as natural reset points.
- Fort Sheridan area · 2-8 min Useful for shorter rolling efforts and punchier work.
Use this when the goal is sharper work without the Barrington time tax. It is less pastoral, more road-savvy, and much easier to bail out of by train.
Ride Sheet
Metra Ogilvie to Wilmette / Glencoe / Fort Sheridan
Access 41 min to good stuff
Workout tempo, threshold, group-ride simulation, short rollers
Bailouts UP-N stations throughout the route
Water Wilmette, Glencoe, Highland Park, Fort Sheridan
Bathrooms parks and town centers when open
Best When dry roads, low traffic, weekday morning, group ride day
Avoid school traffic, ice, heavy wind off the lake