You can almost get there...
In general, you go east on the North Shore Path (crosses the DPRT at Rt 176) and you end up on Sheridan and St. Johns Rds, which are fine, down to Lake Cook Rd. east of the Gardens. Since the Gardens is off Lake Cook with no bike path access, that leaves about 1/2 mile on Lake Cook. I do this ride a few times a year (from my house west of Mundelein), but since others are leading east of Green Bay Rd., I really can’t give you turn-by-turn directions. I will get them and get back to you.
Better still, the Bicycle Club of Lake County meets tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 7pm at the Libertyville Civic Center. Stop by and you will be inundated with routes to the Gardens as well as some other great routes in the area. Winthrop Harbor to Kenosha (with ice cream) is another favorite. Our rides range from “8 miles and a restaurant” to centuries, weekend camping rides and local racing. As soon as the weather clears, we will be riding every Wed. night out of the Old School Forest Preserve on both the road and the trail. Our site is at
www.bikebclc.com.
I’ll get back to you on the best route to Botanical and if you need more info, drop me an email at
[email protected].
TF