AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Cermak Woods

Cermak Quarry via Salt Creek Greenway Black Paved Trail

2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min

Cermak Quarry via Salt Creek Greenway Black Paved Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Cermak Woods near Lyons, IL. The route reaches Cermak Quarry at the turnaround, 0.9 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 mi597 – 607 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.80444, -87.81093
Nearest town Lyons, IL
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Cermak Quarry via Salt Creek Greenway Black Paved Trail

2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min

Elevation 597–608 ft

Out & Back · Cermak Woods

Trailhead: 41.80444, -87.81093

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

Transit-accessible: 47th Street & Center stop 436 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Salt Creek Greenway Black Paved Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  6. 300 ftReach Cermak Quarry, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.9 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/cermak-quarry-cermak-quarry-out-back

Trail surface

78% paved22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 47th Street & Center stop 436 m from the trailhead

Hikes near Lyons, Illinois