Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 44 min
Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Trail is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve near Country Club Estates, 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.
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Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 44 min
Elevation 715–750 ft
Out & Back · Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.16090, -87.99963
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
- 350 ftReach Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:21 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Buffalo Creek Reservoir via Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 28 ft
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