Bobolink Loop Trail & Hickory Hollow Loop Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Bobolink Loop Trail & Hickory Hollow Loop Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Hampshire Forest Preserve near Allens Corners, IL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
Getting there
Directions
Bobolink Loop Trail & Hickory Hollow Loop Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 983–1,020 ft
Out & Back · Hampshire Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.10719, -88.48880
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:57 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Songbird Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Hickory Hollow Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.6 miReach Hickory Hollow Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Songbird Loop Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:37 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:57 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:25 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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