Bode Lake & Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail via Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Bode Lake & Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail via Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Poplar Creek Forest Preserve near Streamwood, IL. The route reaches Bode Lake. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bode Lake & Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail via Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 768–820 ft
Out & Back · Poplar Creek Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.04856, -88.19765
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 68°F / low 62° · precip 100% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Red Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miPass Bode Lake.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miReach Bode Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail & Poplar Creek Paved Trail via Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Poplar Creek Purple Unpaved Trail via Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 82 ft
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