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Seward Bluffs Forest Preserve

Green Trail & Orange Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 52 min

Green Trail & Orange Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Seward Bluffs Forest Preserve near Pecatonica, IL. It is mostly level, with 57 ft of elevation gain, and mostly grass. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi764 – 837 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Green Trail 42.27712, -89.37816
Nearest town Pecatonica, IL
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Green Trail & Orange Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 52 min

Elevation 763–837 ft

Out & Back · Seward Bluffs Forest Preserve

Trailhead: Green Trail · 42.27712, -89.37816

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

Horses allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Green Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  3. 350 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading S.
  8. 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/green-trail-orange-trail-out-back-4-km

Trail surface

100% grass

Weather

Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:27 PM — 1 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route

Hikes near Pecatonica, Illinois