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Glenwood Park Forest Preserve

Fox River Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Fox River Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Glenwood Park Forest Preserve near Batavia, IL. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi653 – 715 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.86402, -88.31755
Nearest town Batavia, IL
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Fox River Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 653–716 ft

Out & Back · Glenwood Park Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 41.86402, -88.31755

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

Transit-accessible: Batavia & Fabyan stop 305 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Fox River Trail, heading S.
  3. 1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 0.8 miSharp left, heading W.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 1 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miArrive 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/fox-river-trail-out-back-8-km-23c8

Trail surface

82% paved18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:34 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:54 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:22 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Batavia & Fabyan stop 305 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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