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Brunner Family Forest Preserve

Longmeadow Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 330 ft · 2 hr

Longmeadow Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Brunner Family Forest Preserve near Carpentersville, IL. It climbs 330 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi719 – 906 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.13975, -88.25760
Nearest town Carpentersville, IL
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Longmeadow Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 330 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 720–906 ft

Out & Back · Brunner Family Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.13975, -88.25760

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto Longmeadow Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1 miContinue straight onto Fox River Trail, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Longmeadow Trail, heading W.
  5. 1.7 miReach Longmeadow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.7 miTurn right onto Fox River Trail, heading SE.
  7. 1.1 miBear right, heading E.
  8. 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-7-km-c0bd

Trail surface

63% paved37% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:56 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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