Hickory Creek Bikeway
4.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Hickory Creek Bikeway is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Hickory Creek Preserve near Gilletts, IL. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hickory Creek Bikeway
4.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 698–736 ft
Out & Back · Hickory Creek Preserve
Trailhead: 41.51142, -87.93176
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Hickory Creek Bikeway, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Old Plank Road Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hickory Creek Bikeway, heading N.
- 1.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 500 ftArrive 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 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:09 PM — 12 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Hickory Creek Bikeway 13.3 mi · ▲ 106 ft
- Old Plank Road Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Hickory Creek Bikeway 3.4 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- The Grainery Building via Hickory Creek Bikeway 8.3 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Gun Club Lake via Hickory Creek Bikeway 3.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Hickory Creek Bikeway 5.1 mi · ▲ 140 ft
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