Brunner Family Forest Preserve
Longmeadow Trail
7.1 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 2 hr 27 min
Longmeadow Trail is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Brunner Family Forest Preserve near Algonquin, IL. It is mostly level, with 164 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
7.1 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 2 hr 27 min
Elevation 720–906 ft
Out & Back · Brunner Family Forest Preserve
Trailhead: MCTP trailhead @ Harrison Street · 42.16335, -88.29486
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:41 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto McHenry County Prairie Trail, heading SE.
- 1.8 miSharp right onto Longmeadow Trail, heading W.
- 1.7 miReach Longmeadow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miSharp left onto Fox River Trail, heading N.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 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 3.1 mi in (~79 min). Leave by 5:13 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from MCTP trailhead @ Harrison Street Trailhead
- Fox River Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft
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