Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop & Deer Grove - West Blue Unpaved Trail
4 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop & Deer Grove - West Blue Unpaved Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Deer Grove Forest Preserve near Pepper Tree, IL. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi742 – 794 ft4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop 42.14472, -88.03991
Nearest town Pepper Tree, IL · Official trailhead info (fpdcc.com)
Directions
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Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop & Deer Grove - West Blue Unpaved Trail
4 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 742–793 ft
Out & Back · Deer Grove Forest Preserve
Trailhead: Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop · 42.14472, -88.03991
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Deer Grove - Red Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Deer Grove - Red Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Deer Grove Paved Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Deer Grove Paved Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Deer Grove - West Blue Unpaved Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Deer Grove Paved Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Deer Grove Paved Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop, heading SE.
- 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 NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Deer Grove - East Brown Unpaved Loop, heading NE.
- 0.3 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
35% dirt8% paved8% gravel49% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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