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Prairie Wetland

Fitness Loop via Illinois & Michigan Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Fitness Loop via Illinois & Michigan Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Prairie Wetland near Channahon, 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 mi518 – 535 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.45303, -88.22259
Nearest town Channahon, IL
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Fitness Loop via Illinois & Michigan Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 518–534 ft

Out & Back · Prairie Wetland

Trailhead: 41.45303, -88.22259

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Illinois & Michigan Trail, heading NE.
  3. 1.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miBear left onto Daryl Cole Trail Network, heading E.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Fitness Loop, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miReach Fitness Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 500 ftContinue straight onto Daryl Cole Trail Network, heading S.
  10. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left onto Illinois & Michigan Trail, heading NW.
  12. 1.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/fitness-loop-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

73% dirt21% grass5% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 5:54 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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