Tinley Creek Forest Preserve

Tinley Creek Yellow Paved Trail via Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail

3 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Tinley Creek Yellow Paved Trail via Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Tinley Creek Forest Preserve near Oak Forest, IL. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi689 – 728 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail 41.60247, -87.76797
Nearest town Oak Forest, IL

Directions

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Tinley Creek Yellow Paved Trail via Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail

3 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Elevation 690–729 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 W.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left onto Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.5 miSharp right onto Tinley Creek Yellow Paved Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.7 miReach Tinley Creek Yellow Paved Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.7 miSharp left onto Tinley Creek Green Paved Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.5 miSharp right onto Tinley Creek Purple Paved Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

90% paved10% 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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