Crabapple Lake–Main Trail Loop 1, 5 sights is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Morton Arboretum near Valley View, IL. The route reaches Crabapple Lake. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi689 – 784 ft3.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.81570, -88.05165
Nearest town Valley View, IL
Directions
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Crabapple Lake–Main Trail Loop 1, 5 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 688–785 ft
Out & Back · Morton Arboretum
Trailhead: 41.81570, -88.05165
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Main Trail Loop 3, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Main Trail Loop 2, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Main Trail Loop 1, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Crabapple Lake.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Main Trail Loop 2, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Main Trail Loop 3, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Main Trail Loop 4, heading E.
- 1 miBear left onto Main Trail Loop 3, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 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 surface
80% dirt20% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:16 PM — 5 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Meadow Lake–Crabapple Lake, 4 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft
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