Great Western Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Great Western Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Timber Ridge Forest Preserve near Geneva Road, IL. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Great Western Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 720–761 ft
Out & Back · Timber Ridge Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 41.90509, -88.15544
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Great Western Trail, heading W.
- 1.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:21 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Illinois Prairie Path Elgin Branch 14.8 mi · ▲ 87 ft
- West Branch DuPage River Trail 11.3 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Illinois Prairie Path Elgin Branch 9.9 mi · ▲ 60 ft
- Great Western Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Great Western Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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