Bluebird Trail & Meadowlark Trail via Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Bluebird Trail & Meadowlark Trail via Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Herrick Lake Forest Preserve near Warrenville, IL. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi738 – 787 ft3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.82832, -88.13538
Nearest town Warrenville, IL
Directions
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Bluebird Trail & Meadowlark Trail via Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Elevation 737–787 ft
Out & Back · Herrick Lake Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 41.82832, -88.13538
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Meadowlark Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Bluebird Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Meadowlark Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Meadowlark Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 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
84% gravel16% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Herrick Lake–Front Pond, 5 lakes 4.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Bluebird Trail–Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail, 3 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Silver Lake–Herrick Lake, 7 lakes 4.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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