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Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve

Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve Viewpoint

1.6 mi · ▲ 509 ft · 47 min

Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve Viewpoint is a 1.6-mile out-and-back in Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve near Fults, IL. The route passes Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve Viewpoint, Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve Viewpoint and Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve Viewpoint. It climbs 509 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi404 – 755 ft · steepest grade: 34%1.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.15590, -90.18883
Nearest town Fults, IL
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Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve Viewpoint

1.6 mi · ▲ 509 ft · 47 min

Elevation 403–753 ft

Out & Back · Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 38.15590, -90.18883

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve Viewpoint.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miReach Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 0.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miPass Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve Viewpoint.
  9. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 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/fults-hill-prairie-nature-preserve-viewpoint-fults-hill-prairie-nature-preserve-viewpoint-out-back-5-viewpoints-3-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:20 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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