Hunters Woods via Hickory Creek Bikeway
8.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 2 hr 55 min
Hunters Woods via Hickory Creek Bikeway is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Hunters Woods near Frankfort, IL. The route reaches Hunters Woods. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hunters Woods via Hickory Creek Bikeway
8.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 2 hr 55 min
Elevation 708–749 ft
Out & Back · Hunters Woods
Trailhead: 41.50372, -87.86893
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hickory Creek Bikeway, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Old Plank Road Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miPass Hunters Woods.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftReach Hunters Woods, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Hickory Creek Bikeway, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~51 min). Leave by 5:42 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Hickory Creek Bikeway 10.8 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Hickory Creek Bikeway 6.6 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Old Plank Road Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Old Plank Road Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Hickory Creek Bikeway 7.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Old Plank Road Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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