159th Street Bikeway & Veterans Memorial Trail via Spring Creek Greenway
12.3 mi · ▲ 115 ft · 4 hr 9 min
159th Street Bikeway & Veterans Memorial Trail via Spring Creek Greenway is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in Fiddyment Creek Preserve near Pine Needle, IL. It is mostly level, with 115 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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159th Street Bikeway & Veterans Memorial Trail via Spring Creek Greenway
12.3 mi · ▲ 115 ft · 4 hr 9 min
Elevation 629–780 ft
Out & Back · Fiddyment Creek Preserve
Trailhead: 41.54769, -88.01789
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Transit-accessible: Maple & Parkwood stop 657 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Spring Creek Greenway, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Veterans Memorial Trail, heading E.
- 3.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto 159th Street Bikeway, heading N.
- 0.8 miReach Veterans Memorial Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Veterans Memorial Trail, heading W.
- 3.4 miTurn right onto Spring Creek Greenway, heading E.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~61 min). Leave by 5:31 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Maple & Parkwood stop 657 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Spring Creek Greenway 4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Artesian Trail–Hummingbird Lane, 4 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Spring Creek Greenway 4.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Outer Loop;Bluff Trail & Valley Road via Spring Creek Greenway 2.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Spring Creek Greenway Loop 4.8 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Artesian Trail–Hummingbird Lane, 5 sights 5 mi · ▲ 82 ft
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