Bluebird Trail–Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Herrick Lake Forest Preserve near Naperville, IL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi738 – 761 ft5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.80964, -88.14093
Nearest town Naperville, IL
Directions
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Bluebird Trail–Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 737–763 ft
Out & Back · Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 41.80964, -88.14093
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Transit-accessible: Diehl & Washington stop 765 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Green Heron Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Bluebird Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miReach Bluebird Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Bluebird Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Green Heron Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
84% gravel16% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Diehl & Washington stop 765 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bluebird Trail & Green Heron Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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