Crabapple Lake–Crabapple/Firebreak Trail, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 459 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Crabapple Lake–Crabapple/Firebreak Trail, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Siloam Springs State Park near Siloam, IL. The route reaches Crabapple Lake at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 459 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Crabapple Lake–Crabapple/Firebreak Trail, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 459 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 547–749 ft
Out & Back · Siloam Springs State Park
Trailhead: Red Oak Backpack Trail · 39.88015, -90.91039
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Red Oak Backpack Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Crabapple/Firebreak Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miReach Crabapple Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Red Oak Backpack Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 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 6:46 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:06 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:33 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Red Oak Backpack Trail Trailhead
- Crabapple Lake–Crabapple/Firebreak Trail, 4 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 528 ft
- Red Oak Backpack Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 170 ft
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