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Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve

Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve Viewpoint

2.4 mi · ▲ 391 ft · 1 hr

Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve Viewpoint is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve near Fults, IL. The route passes Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve Viewpoint and Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve Viewpoint. It climbs 391 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi404 – 755 ft · steepest grade: 35%2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.16251, -90.19853
Nearest town Fults, IL
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Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve Viewpoint

2.4 mi · ▲ 391 ft · 1 hr

Elevation 403–753 ft

Out & Back · Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 38.16251, -90.19853

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve Viewpoint.
  3. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  4. 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftReach Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  9. 1.3 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/fults-hill-prairie-nature-preserve-viewpoint-fults-hill-prairie-nature-preserve-viewpoint-out-back-5-viewpoints-4-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 6:21 PM for the 7:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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