Silver Creek Conservation Area
Long Loop–Short Loop, 3 sights
2 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 43 min
Long Loop–Short Loop, 3 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Silver Creek Conservation Area near Oakwood Hills, IL. It is mostly level, with 85 ft of elevation gain, and mostly grass. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Long Loop–Short Loop, 3 sights
2 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 43 min
Elevation 742–839 ft
Out & Back · Silver Creek Conservation Area
Trailhead: 42.26181, -88.23864
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 300 ftBear right onto Short Loop, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Long Loop, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto West Trail Loop, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Short Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Long Loop, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Short Loop, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:24 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- East Trail Loop–Long Loop, 3 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 85 ft
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