Bergman Slough & Green Unpaved Trail Loop via Yellow Unpaved Loop
6.3 mi · ▲ 230 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Bergman Slough & Green Unpaved Trail Loop via Yellow Unpaved Loop is a 6.3-mile loop in Sag Valley Forest Preserve near Palos Park, IL. The route reaches Bergman Slough. It is mostly level, with 230 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi600 – 742 ft6.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.67511, -87.87274
Nearest town Palos Park, IL
Directions
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Bergman Slough & Green Unpaved Trail Loop via Yellow Unpaved Loop
6.3 mi · ▲ 230 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 600–741 ft
Loop · Sag Valley Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 41.67511, -87.87274
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow Unpaved Loop, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Green Unpaved Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftReach Bergman Slough, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Blue Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Yellow Unpaved Loop, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
94% dirt6% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:54 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Green Unpaved Trail–Sag Valley Brown Unpaved Loop, 3 sights 15.7 mi · ▲ 172 ft
- Yellow Unpaved Loop 2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Tan Unpaved Spur via Yellow Unpaved Loop 3.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Yellow Unpaved Loop Loop 4 mi · ▲ 114 ft
- Yellow Unpaved Loop Loop 3.9 mi · ▲ 114 ft
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