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Matthiessen State Park

Bluff Trail

2.1 mi · ▲ 390 ft · 54 min

Bluff Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Matthiessen State Park near Deer Park, IL. It climbs 390 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi466 – 633 ft · steepest grade: 27%2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.30306, -89.02967
Nearest town Deer Park, IL
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Bluff Trail

2.1 mi · ▲ 390 ft · 54 min

Elevation 466–633 ft

Out & Back · Matthiessen State Park

Trailhead: 41.30306, -89.02967

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 6:59 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.7 miTurn right onto Bluff Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.7 miArrive 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/bluff-trail-out-back-3-km

Trail surface

34% gravel66% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 6:59 PM

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