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Caldwell Preserves

Bunker North Flatwoods & Sidney Yates Flatwoods via North Branch Red Paved Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Bunker North Flatwoods & Sidney Yates Flatwoods via North Branch Red Paved Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Caldwell Preserves near Niles, IL. The route reaches Bunker North Flatwoods. 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 mi600 – 623 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: North Branch Black Paved Spur 42.01177, -87.78891
Nearest town Niles, IL
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Bunker North Flatwoods & Sidney Yates Flatwoods via North Branch Red Paved Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Elevation 601–623 ft

Out & Back · Caldwell Preserves

Trailhead: North Branch Black Paved Spur · 42.01177, -87.78891

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Transit-accessible: Caldwell & Touhy stop 42 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on North Branch Black Paved Spur, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Bunker North Flatwoods.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bunker Hill Access Road, heading SE.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto North Branch Black Paved Spur, heading S.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bunker Hill Access Road, heading S.
  6. 250 ftTurn left onto North Branch Red Paved Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Bunker Hill Access Road, heading N.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Branch Red Paved Trail, heading N.
  9. 1.1 miReach Bunker North Flatwoods, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 1.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 250 ftContinue straight onto North Branch Black Paved Spur, heading N.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bunker Hill Access Road, heading N.
  13. 150 ftTurn right onto North Branch Black Paved Spur, heading N.
  14. 0.2 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/bunker-north-flatwoods-sidney-yates-flatwoods-out-back-7-km-d415

Trail surface

95% paved5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~53 min). Leave by 5:39 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Caldwell & Touhy stop 42 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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