Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve
Cranberry Slough–Boomerang Slough, 4 sights
5.5 mi · ▲ 147 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Cranberry Slough–Boomerang Slough, 4 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve near Willow Springs, IL. The route passes Boomerang Slough before reaching Cranberry Slough at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 147 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cranberry Slough–Boomerang Slough, 4 sights
5.5 mi · ▲ 147 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 613–730 ft
Out & Back · Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 41.73378, -87.87459
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: Archer & Willow Springs stop 205 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Single Track Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Tan Unpaved Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Boomerang Slough.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Orange Unpaved Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miPass Cranberry Slough.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Tan Unpaved Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Yellow Single Track Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Archer & Willow Springs stop 205 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Saganashkee Slough–Tan Single Track Trail, 3 sights 10.6 mi · ▲ 261 ft
- Redwing Slough–Boomerang Slough, 4 lakes 4.6 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- Cranberry Slough–Pollywog Slough, 3 lakes 5 mi · ▲ 148 ft
- Boomerang Slough–Pollywog Slough, 3 lakes 4.1 mi · ▲ 143 ft
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