26th Street Woods

Brookfield Woods & Salt Creek via Salt Creek Red Paved Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min

Brookfield Woods & Salt Creek via Salt Creek Red Paved Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in 26th Street Woods near Westchester, IL. The route passes Salt Creek and Brookfield Woods before reaching Salt Creek at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi610 – 627 ft2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.84425, -87.87255
Nearest town Westchester, IL

Directions

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Brookfield Woods & Salt Creek via Salt Creek Red Paved Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min

Elevation 612–625 ft

Out & Back · 26th Street Woods

Trailhead: 41.84425, -87.87255

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Transit-accessible: Cermak & Suffolk stop 509 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 100 ftBear left onto Salt Creek Red Paved Trail, heading E.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftPass Salt Creek.
  6. 1.1 miPass Salt Creek.
  7. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 250 ftReach Brookfield Woods, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  12. 50 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

70% paved29% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Cermak & Suffolk stop 509 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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