Brunner Family Forest Preserve
Longmeadow Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 146 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Longmeadow Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Brunner Family Forest Preserve near Carpentersville, IL. It is mostly level, with 146 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Longmeadow Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 146 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 720–906 ft
Out & Back · Brunner Family Forest Preserve
Trailhead: Fox River Trail · 42.13315, -88.27586
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Fox River Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Longmeadow Trail, heading W.
- 1.7 miReach Longmeadow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Fox River Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 5:50 PM for the 6:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Fox River Trail Trailhead
- Fox River–Mulberry, 3 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- McHenry County Prairie Trail via Fox River Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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