Henslow's Trail–Springbrook Prarie Trail, 3 sights is a 9.2-mile out-and-back in Springbrook Prairie near Old Sawmill, IL. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi653 – 705 ft9.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.74715, -88.15828
Nearest town Old Sawmill, IL
Directions
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Henslow's Trail–Springbrook Prarie Trail, 3 sights
9.2 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Elevation 652–706 ft
Out & Back · Springbrook Prairie
Trailhead: 41.74715, -88.15828
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Southern Dupage Regional Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 500 ftBear left onto Springbrook Prarie Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Sunflower Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Henslow's Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Springbrook Prarie Trail, heading N.
- 4.8 miTurn left onto Southern Dupage Regional Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 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
73% gravel22% grass5% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Southern Dupage Regional Trail 11.1 mi · ▲ 322 ft
- Southern Dupage Regional Trail 9.9 mi · ▲ 215 ft
- Southern Dupage Regional Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- West Branch DuPage River Trail via Southern Dupage Regional Trail 5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Southern Dupage Regional Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- West Branch DuPage River Trail via Southern Dupage Regional Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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