Buffalo Creek Reservoir via Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Buffalo Creek Reservoir via Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve near Country Club Estates, IL. The route reaches Buffalo Creek Reservoir at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 28 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 Reservoir via Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 695–746 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 right onto Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miPass Buffalo Creek Reservoir.
- 0.3 miReach Buffalo Creek Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 350 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 Forest Preserve Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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