AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Silver Creek Conservation Area

Long Loop–Short Loop, 3 sights

2.3 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 49 min

Long Loop–Short Loop, 3 sights is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Silver Creek Conservation Area near Oakwood Hills, IL. It is mostly level, with 112 ft of elevation gain, and mostly grass. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi742 – 814 ft2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.25791, -88.23275
Nearest town Oakwood Hills, IL
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Long Loop–Short Loop, 3 sights

2.3 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 49 min

Elevation 742–814 ft

Out & Back · Silver Creek Conservation Area

Trailhead: 42.25791, -88.23275

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 200 ftTurn right onto West Trail Loop, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Long Loop, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miSharp left onto Short Loop, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miReach Long Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right onto Long Loop, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto West Trail Loop, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 200 ftArrive 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/long-loop-short-loop-out-back-3-sights-4-km

Trail surface

100% grass

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:56 PM

Hikes near Oakwood Hills, Illinois