Blue Single Track Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 204 ft · 54 min
Blue Single Track Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Palisades, IL. It is mostly level, with 204 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi597 – 742 ft · steepest grade: 20%2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.70997, -87.91391
Nearest town Palisades, IL
Directions
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Blue Single Track Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 204 ft · 54 min
Elevation 597–740 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.70997, -87.91391
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Orange Unpaved Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Brown Unpaved Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Orange Single Track Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Blue Single Track Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftReach Blue Single Track Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Orange Single Track Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Brown Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Orange Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
87% dirt13% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bullfrog Lake–Orange Unpaved Trail Loop, 3 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 119 ft
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