Edgewood Pond & CAMBr Yellow Trail
8.9 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Edgewood Pond & CAMBr Yellow Trail is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Paul Douglas Forest Preserve near South Barrington, IL. The route reaches Edgewood Pond at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 137 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Edgewood Pond & CAMBr Yellow Trail
8.9 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Elevation 719–821 ft
Out & Back · Paul Douglas Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.06812, -88.11385
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Paul Douglas Red Paved Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto CAMBr Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Connector, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Paul Douglas Red Paved Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto CAMBr Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Paul Douglas Red Paved Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Kris Howard Boulevard, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miReach Edgewood Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Paul Douglas Red Paved Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto CAMBr Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Paul Douglas Red Paved Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Connector, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left onto CAMBr Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Paul Douglas Red Paved Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:19 PM — 2 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Wetfoot Lake–CAMBr Orange Trail, 3 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- CAMBR Brown Trail–CAMBR Purple Trail, 3 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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