Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop & Deer Grove - West Blue Unpaved Trail via Palatine Bike Trail
10.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop & Deer Grove - West Blue Unpaved Trail via Palatine Bike Trail is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Deer Grove Forest Preserve near Staples Corner, IL. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop & Deer Grove - West Blue Unpaved Trail via Palatine Bike Trail
10.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Elevation 724–793 ft
Out & Back · Deer Grove Forest Preserve
Trailhead: Palatine Bike Trail · 42.12489, -88.01815
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Palatine Bike Trail, heading W.
- 3.6 miContinue straight onto Deer Grove - West Blue Unpaved Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Deer Grove Paved Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Deer Grove Paved Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Deer Grove - Red Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Deer Grove - Red Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Deer Grove - West Blue Unpaved Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Deer Grove - Red Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Deer Grove Paved Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Deer Grove Paved Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Deer Grove - West Blue Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Deer Grove Paved Trail, heading N.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Palatine Bike Trail, heading SE.
- 2.4 miArrive 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 0.8 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 6:12 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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