Blue Unpaved Trail & Green Unpaved Trail via Yellow Unpaved Loop
8.3 mi · ▲ 386 ft · 2 hr 58 min
Blue Unpaved Trail & Green Unpaved Trail via Yellow Unpaved Loop is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Sag Valley Forest Preserve near Palos Park, IL. It climbs 386 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Unpaved Trail & Green Unpaved Trail via Yellow Unpaved Loop
8.3 mi · ▲ 386 ft · 2 hr 58 min
Elevation 590–747 ft
Out & Back · Sag Valley Forest Preserve
Trailhead: Yellow Unpaved Loop · 41.68341, -87.86125
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Yellow Unpaved Loop, heading W.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Blue Unpaved Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Blue Unpaved Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Green Unpaved Trail, heading W.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Yellow Unpaved Loop, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.5 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.6 mi in (~94 min). Leave by 4:59 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Yellow Unpaved Loop Trailhead
- Tan Unpaved Spur via Yellow Unpaved Loop 4.8 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Yellow Unpaved Loop 2.6 mi · ▲ 113 ft
- Yellow Unpaved Loop 2.2 mi · ▲ 114 ft
- Tan Unpaved Spur via Yellow Unpaved Loop 5.9 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Yellow Unpaved Loop 4.8 mi · ▲ 139 ft
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