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.
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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
- Start on Pink Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Red Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Everett Road Bike Path, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 1.1 miReach Red Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Red Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pink Trail, heading NW.
- 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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Weather
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.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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