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Siloam Springs State Park

Crabapple Lake–Crabapple/Firebreak Trail, 4 sights

6.1 mi · ▲ 528 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Crabapple Lake–Crabapple/Firebreak Trail, 4 sights is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Siloam Springs State Park near Siloam, IL. The route passes Crabapple Lake before reaching Crabapple Lake at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 528 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi548 – 748 ft6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Oak Backpack Trail 39.88015, -90.91039
Nearest town Siloam, IL
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Crabapple Lake–Crabapple/Firebreak Trail, 4 sights

6.1 mi · ▲ 528 ft · 2 hr 18 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Red Oak Backpack Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1 miTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 350 ftTurn left onto Crabapple/Firebreak Trail, heading W.
  6. 1.1 miPass Crabapple Lake.
  7. 450 ftTurn left onto Lakeshore Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto State Park Road, heading W.
  9. 150 ftReach Crabapple Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 150 ftTurn right onto Lakeshore Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right onto State Park Road, heading W.
  12. 1.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  13. 400 ftTurn left onto Red Oak Backpack Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 1.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftArrive 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/crabapple-lake-crabapple-lake-out-back-6-sights-10-km

Trail surface

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:06 PM

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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