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Camp Pine Woods Preserve

Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved

2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 44 min

Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Camp Pine Woods Preserve near The Grove, IL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi633 – 643 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.06900, -87.86839
Nearest town The Grove, IL
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Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved

2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 44 min

Elevation 635–642 ft

Out & Back · Camp Pine Woods Preserve

Trailhead: 42.06900, -87.86839

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Transit-accessible: Lyman & Central stop 494 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left onto Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved, heading SE.
  3. 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  4. 0.8 miSharp right, heading E.
  5. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/des-plaines-river-trail-yellow-unpaved-out-back-4-km-2916

Trail surface

72% dirt11% paved17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Lyman & Central stop 494 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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