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Fugate Woods Trails & James Family Woods Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Fugate Woods Trails & James Family Woods Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Fairbury, IL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi653 – 669 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fugate Woods Trails 40.77000, -88.48078
Nearest town Fairbury, IL
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Fugate Woods Trails & James Family Woods Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Elevation 654–669 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Fugate Woods Trails · 40.77000, -88.48078

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:56 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Fugate Woods Trails, heading W.
  2. 0.6 miBear right onto James Family Woods Trail, heading W.
  3. 1.7 miReach Fugate Woods Trails, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.7 miBear left onto Fugate Woods Trails, heading NE.
  5. 0.5 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/fugate-woods-trails-out-back

Trail surface

64% dirt36% grass

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:24 PM.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Fairbury, Illinois