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Tinley Creek Forest Preserve

Lake Delfino & Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail via Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail

4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Lake Delfino & Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail via Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Tinley Creek Forest Preserve near Oak Forest, IL. The route reaches Lake Delfino. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi663 – 712 ft4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail 41.60247, -87.76797
Nearest town Oak Forest, IL
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Lake Delfino & Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail via Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail

4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Elevation 663–711 ft

Out & Back · Tinley Creek Forest Preserve

Trailhead: Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail · 41.60247, -87.76797

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: 159th Street & Arroyo stop 26 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.6 miPass Lake Delfino.
  3. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Tinley Creek Blue Paved Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.5 miReach Lake Delfino, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.5 miTurn left onto Tinley Creek Blue Paved Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail, heading N.
  8. 1.1 miArrive 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/lake-delfino-tinley-creek-green-paved-trail-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

57% paved43% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Transit-accessible: 159th Street & Arroyo stop 26 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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