AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Sugar River Forest Preserve

Green Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 52 min

Green Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Sugar River Forest Preserve near Shirland, IL. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly grass. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi735 – 824 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.46762, -89.23242
Nearest town Shirland, IL
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Green Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 52 min

Elevation 734–825 ft

Out & Back · Sugar River Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.46762, -89.23242

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Green Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.9 miReach Green Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  9. 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/green-trail-out-back-4-km-10ab

Trail surface

70% grass30% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:17 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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