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Sag Valley Forest Preserve

Blue Unpaved Trail via Yellow Unpaved Loop

5.1 mi · ▲ 253 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Blue Unpaved Trail via Yellow Unpaved Loop is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Sag Valley Forest Preserve near Palos Park, IL. It climbs 253 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi600 – 699 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Swallow Cliff Woods-South Trail Access 41.68424, -87.87439
Nearest town Palos Park, IL
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Blue Unpaved Trail via Yellow Unpaved Loop

5.1 mi · ▲ 253 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 600–699 ft

Out & Back · Sag Valley Forest Preserve

Trailhead: Swallow Cliff Woods-South Trail Access · 41.68424, -87.87439

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow Unpaved Loop, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  7. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Blue Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.5 miReach Blue Unpaved Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 0.7 miBear left, heading NE.
  13. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 0.4 miBear left onto Yellow Unpaved Loop, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftArrive 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-unpaved-trail-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

80% dirt20% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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