Everett Road Bike Path & Red Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Everett Road Bike Path & Red Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Mettawa, IL. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi646 – 692 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pink Trail 42.21872, -87.92584
Nearest town Mettawa, IL

Directions

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Everett Road Bike Path & Red Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 648–693 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Pink Trail · 42.21872, -87.92584

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pink Trail, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Red Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Everett Road Bike Path, heading NW.
  7. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  8. 1.1 miReach Red Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.6 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  10. 500 ftTurn right onto Red Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  12. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Pink Trail, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

78% paved22% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 5:47 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead