Fisher Street Trail & Monon Trail
12.4 mi · ▲ 60 ft · 4 hr 10 min
Fisher Street Trail & Monon Trail is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in Community Park near Calumet City, IL. It is mostly level, with 60 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Fisher Street Trail & Monon Trail
12.4 mi · ▲ 60 ft · 4 hr 10 min
Elevation 587–626 ft
Out & Back · Community Park
Trailhead: Erie Lackawanna Trail · 41.61866, -87.51952
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Transit-accessible: Sibley & Morton stop 357 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Erie Lackawanna Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Monon Trail, heading SW.
- 2.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 2 miContinue straight onto Pennsy Greenway, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Fisher Street Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miReach Monon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right onto Pennsy Greenway, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Monon Trail, heading W.
- 4.3 miTurn left onto Erie Lackawanna Trail, heading N.
- 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 2.6 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 5:28 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Sibley & Morton stop 357 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Erie Lackawanna Trail Trailhead
- Monon Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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