Fitness Loop–Illinois & Michigan Trail, 3 sights is a 13-mile out-and-back in Prairie Wetland near Rock Run Park, 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 mi509 – 535 ft13.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rock Run Greenway Trail 41.48582, -88.16217
Nearest town Rock Run Park, IL
Directions
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Fitness Loop–Illinois & Michigan Trail, 3 sights
13 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 4 hr 20 min
Elevation 510–534 ft
Out & Back · Prairie Wetland
Trailhead: Rock Run Greenway Trail · 41.48582, -88.16217
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rock Run Greenway Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Rock Run Greenway, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Illinois & Michigan Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Woodland Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Fitness Loop, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Daryl Cole Trail Network, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Illinois & Michigan Trail, heading W.
- 4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftReach Woodland Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Daryl Cole Trail Network, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Fitness Loop, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Woodland Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Illinois & Michigan Trail, heading E.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Rock Run Greenway, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Rock Run Greenway Trail, heading NE.
- 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
87% dirt8% grass3% paved2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~62 min). Leave by 5:31 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Rock Run Greenway Trail Trailhead
- Joliet Junior College Lake & Rock Run Greenway Trail 4 mi · ▲ 106 ft
- Fitness Loop & Woodland Trail via Illinois & Michigan Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Illinois & Michigan Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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