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Bluebird Trail & Green Heron Trail is a 2.6-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 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.80964, -88.14093
Nearest town Naperville, IL

Directions

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Bluebird Trail & Green Heron Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 52 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

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: Diehl & Washington stop 765 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 500 ftContinue straight onto Green Heron Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.8 miBear left onto Bluebird Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miReach Bluebird Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miBear right onto Green Heron Trail, heading SW.
  6. 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

100% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Transit-accessible: Diehl & Washington stop 765 m from the trailhead

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