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Brunner Family Forest Preserve

Longmeadow Trail

6.4 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Longmeadow Trail is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Brunner Family Forest Preserve near Algonquin, IL. It is mostly level, with 200 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi719 – 906 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.15860, -88.29104
Nearest town Algonquin, IL
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Longmeadow Trail

6.4 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Elevation 720–906 ft

Out & Back · Brunner Family Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.15860, -88.29104

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 100 ftTurn left onto McHenry County Prairie Trail, heading SE.
  3. 1.4 miSharp right onto Longmeadow Trail, heading W.
  4. 1.7 miReach Longmeadow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.7 miSharp left onto Fox River Trail, heading N.
  6. 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 50 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/longmeadow-trail-out-back-10-km-a4a1

Trail surface

99% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~69 min). Leave by 5:27 PM for the 6:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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