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Hickory Creek Preserve

Blue & Green

4.2 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Blue & Green is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Hickory Creek Preserve near Mokena, IL. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi656 – 732 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.52110, -87.87230
Nearest town Mokena, IL
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Blue & Green

4.2 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Elevation 657–732 ft

Out & Back · Hickory Creek Preserve

Trailhead: 41.52110, -87.87230

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pink, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Purple, heading SE.
  3. 400 ftBear right onto Blue, heading SW.
  4. 0.8 miTurn left onto Green, heading W.
  5. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftReach Blue, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1 miTurn right onto Blue, heading E.
  8. 0.8 miBear left onto Purple, heading E.
  9. 400 ftTurn left onto Pink, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 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/blue-green-out-back-7-km-30d9

Trail surface

1% gravel99% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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