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Ballou Road Access Trail & Wauponsee Glacial Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Ballou Road Access Trail & Wauponsee Glacial Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back near Ballou, IL. It is mostly level, with 106 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi535 – 604 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wauponsee Glacial Trail 41.28006, -88.10182
Nearest town Ballou, IL
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Ballou Road Access Trail & Wauponsee Glacial Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Elevation 535–603 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Wauponsee Glacial Trail · 41.28006, -88.10182

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Ballou Road Access Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Wauponsee Glacial Trail, heading S.
  4. 2.1 miReach Wauponsee Glacial Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 2.1 miContinue straight onto Ballou Road Access Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.5 miTurn left onto Wauponsee Glacial Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ballou-road-access-trail-wauponsee-glacial-trail-out-back-9-km

Trail surface

85% dirt15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:21 PM.

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