Green Unpaved Trail & Tan Unpaved Spur via Yellow Unpaved Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 191 ft · 58 min
Green Unpaved Trail & Tan Unpaved Spur via Yellow Unpaved Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Sag Valley Forest Preserve near Palos Park, IL. It is mostly level, with 191 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi604 – 712 ft2.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.68072, -87.86260
Nearest town Palos Park, IL
Directions
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Green Unpaved Trail & Tan Unpaved Spur via Yellow Unpaved Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 191 ft · 58 min
Elevation 603–711 ft
Out & Back · Sag Valley Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 41.68072, -87.86260
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Swallow Cliff Stairs, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Tan Unpaved Spur, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Brown Unpaved Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Green Unpaved Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach Tan Unpaved Spur, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Brown Unpaved Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Tan Unpaved Spur, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Swallow Cliff Stairs, heading N.
- 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 surface
56% dirt28% gravel11% paved5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Sag Quarry East–Sag Quarry West, 3 lakes 9.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Swallow Cliffs & Blue Unpaved Trail via Yellow Unpaved Loop 6.4 mi · ▲ 345 ft
- Yellow Unpaved Loop 2.6 mi · ▲ 113 ft
- Tan Unpaved Spur via Yellow Unpaved Loop 5.9 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Yellow Unpaved Loop 4.8 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Yellow Unpaved Loop 4.8 mi · ▲ 140 ft
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