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Blackwell Forest Preserve

Bobolink Trail & Nighthawk Trail via West Branch DuPage River Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Bobolink Trail & Nighthawk Trail via West Branch DuPage River Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Blackwell Forest Preserve near Warrenville, 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 mi702 – 735 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.83972, -88.18309
Nearest town Warrenville, IL
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Bobolink Trail & Nighthawk Trail via West Branch DuPage River Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Elevation 702–736 ft

Out & Back · Blackwell Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 41.83972, -88.18309

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto West Branch DuPage River Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right onto Bobolink Trail, heading E.
  4. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Nighthawk Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miReach Bobolink Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bobolink Trail, heading S.
  7. 1.1 miTurn left onto West Branch DuPage River Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 100 ftArrive 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/bobolink-trail-out-back-a4d7

Trail surface

99% gravel1% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

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