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Main Trail Loop 2–Main Trail Loop 3 Loop, 3 sights is a 2-mile loop in Morton Arboretum near Valley View, IL. It is mostly level, with 83 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi689 – 784 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.82015, -88.05226
Nearest town Valley View, IL

Directions

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Main Trail Loop 2–Main Trail Loop 3 Loop, 3 sights

2 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 42 min

Elevation 688–785 ft

Loop · Morton Arboretum

Trailhead: 41.82015, -88.05226

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftSharp left onto Main Trail Loop 2, heading E.
  3. 450 ftTurn right onto Main Trail Loop 2+3, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Main Trail Loop 3, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miBear right onto Main Trail Loop 4, heading SE.
  6. 1 miContinue straight onto Main Trail Loop 3, heading W.
  7. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Main Trail Loop 2, heading NW.
  8. 450 ftSharp right, heading W.
  9. 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

72% dirt28% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:17 PM — 4 min before dark.

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