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Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve

Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min

Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Trail is a 1.9-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.

Elevation

0 mi742 – 764 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Trail 42.15728, -88.01061
Nearest town Country Club Estates, IL
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Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min

Elevation 742–765 ft

Out & Back · Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve

Trailhead: Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Trail · 42.15728, -88.01061

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/buffalo-creek-forest-preserve-trail-out-back-3-km-9813

Trail surface

100% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:32 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.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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