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Raceway Woods Forest Preserve

Little Monza & Meadowdale Trail via Raceway Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 52 min

Little Monza & Meadowdale Trail via Raceway Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Raceway Woods Forest Preserve near Sleepy Hollow, IL. The route reaches Little Monza at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 193 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi768 – 915 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.11399, -88.31569
Nearest town Sleepy Hollow, IL
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Little Monza & Meadowdale Trail via Raceway Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 52 min

Elevation 767–917 ft

Out & Back · Raceway Woods Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.11399, -88.31569

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:56 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  7. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Steffan's Loop, heading E.
  9. 250 ftBear right onto Besinger Way, heading E.
  10. 400 ftBear left onto Steffan's Loop, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Besinger Way, heading E.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Steffan's Loop, heading E.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Besinger Way, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Steffan's Loop, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Steffan Connector, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Serpentine, heading NE.
  17. 450 ftBear left onto Connector Trail, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Serpentine, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Scarab's Revenge, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftTurn left onto Serpentine, heading NE.
  21. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 350 ftTurn left onto Wood's Trail (South), heading N.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Raceway Trail, heading N.
  24. 400 ftTurn right onto Meadowdale Trail, heading N.
  25. 450 ftSharp right onto Corkscrew, heading NE.
  26. 150 ftTurn right onto Silo Hill, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftTurn left onto Little Monza, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Raceway Trail, heading NE.
  29. 500 ftContinue straight onto Little Monza, heading NW.
  30. 200 ftBear left onto Raceway Trail, heading N.
  31. 50 ftTurn left onto Little Monza, heading N.
  32. 50 ftReach Little Monza, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  33. 50 ftTurn right onto Raceway Trail, heading N.
  34. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Little Monza, heading N.
  36. 150 ftContinue straight onto Raceway Trail, heading N.
  37. 500 ftContinue straight onto Little Monza, heading NW.
  38. 50 ftTurn right onto Silo Hill, heading N.
  39. 50 ftTurn left onto Corkscrew, heading N.
  40. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  41. 150 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  42. 150 ftContinue straight onto Meadowdale Trail, heading NE.
  43. 250 ftTurn left onto Raceway Trail, heading NE.
  44. 350 ftTurn left onto Wood's Trail (South), heading NW.
  45. 50 ftTurn right onto Serpentine, heading NW.
  46. 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
  47. 300 ftTurn right onto Scarab's Revenge, heading N.
  48. 50 ftBear right onto Serpentine, heading N.
  49. 50 ftTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading NE.
  50. 50 ftBear right onto Serpentine, heading NE.
  51. 450 ftContinue straight onto Steffan Connector, heading N.
  52. 50 ftTurn right onto Steffan's Loop, heading N.
  53. 50 ftContinue straight onto Besinger Way, heading N.
  54. 50 ftContinue straight onto Steffan's Loop, heading N.
  55. 50 ftBear left onto Besinger Way, heading N.
  56. 50 ftContinue straight onto Steffan's Loop, heading N.
  57. 50 ftBear right onto Besinger Way, heading N.
  58. 400 ftBear left onto Steffan's Loop, heading N.
  59. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  60. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  61. 250 ftSharp right, heading S.
  62. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  63. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  64. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  65. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  66. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/little-monza-out-back

Trail surface

41% dirt14% paved45% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:56 PM

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