Blue Path & Green Trail via Blue Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Blue Path & Green Trail via Blue Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Oak Ridge Forest Preserve near Valley View, IL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly grass. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Blue Path & Green Trail via Blue Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Elevation 703–719 ft
Out & Back · Oak Ridge Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.19902, -88.96234
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Path, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading S.
- 1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 200 ftReach Blue Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right onto Green Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miBear right onto Blue Path, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:38 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:59 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:26 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Green Path–Orange Path, 4 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Green Path–Orange Path, 4 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Blue Path–Green Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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