Hikes near Elgin, Illinois
Ambleway maps 784 hikes within 60 miles of Elgin. The wildest is Orange Trail at 75% wild, 58 miles out in Sugar River Alder Forest Preserve. Nothing within 5 miles of the centre scores as wild; the nearest that does is Meadow Trail & Old Grove Trail, 7 miles out.
Hikes
A short drive · 5–25 miles
Horse trail
17 mi away · 2.1 mi · ▲ 29 ft
Siegler Lake–Central Connector Trail, 4 sights
24 mi away · 2.1 mi · ▲ 28 ft
Horned Lark Loop (1.1 mi) & Wild Turkey Loop (2.09 mi) Loop
16 mi away · 3.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
East Creek Trail & Prairie Trail via Prairie-Woodland Trail
24 mi away · 1.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
Meadow Trail & Old Grove Trail
7 mi away · 2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
Pond Loop 0.44mi()
14 mi away · 1.9 mi · ▲ 154 ft
North Loop Trail & North Prairie Trail
14 mi away · 1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Northwestern Lot Line Trail
24 mi away · 3.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft
Worth the drive · 25–60 miles
Orange Trail
58 mi away · 2.1 mi · ▲ 112 ft
North Chana Road
48 mi away · 2.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
Clear Creek Knolls
55 mi away · 3.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft
McGirr Road
48 mi away · 2.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
Stone Barn Savanna
58 mi away · 3.6 mi · ▲ 109 ft
Observation Deck–Blue Trail, 3 sights
58 mi away · 3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Lost Lake & Big Jump Prairie
55 mi away · 4.4 mi · ▲ 217 ft
wood
57 mi away · 1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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Beverly Lake & Penny Road Pond
4 mi away · 4.1 mi · ▲ 170 ft
Pickerel Lake–Catfish Pond, 4 lakes
4 mi away · 3.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Randall Road Trail
5 mi away · 8.2 mi · ▲ 111 ft
Fox River & Fox River Trail
2 mi away · 4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Mulberry via Fox River Trail
0 mi away · 4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Mulberry & Illinois Prairie Path Elgin Branch
2 mi away · 4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail
3 mi away · 1.9 mi · ▲ 57 ft
Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail
5 mi away · 2 mi · ▲ 81 ft