Main Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 58 min
Main Trail is an 8.8-mile out-and-back near Bayberry Ridge, IL. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Main Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 58 min
Elevation 718–779 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.74337, -88.03095
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Transit-accessible: Janes & Spring stop 576 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Main Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Saint Patrick Road, heading E.
- 350 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 350 ftBear left onto Main Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.5 mi in (~87 min). Leave by 5:06 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Janes & Spring stop 576 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Main Trail 12.1 mi · ▲ 133 ft
- Main Trail 8.7 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Greene Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Greene Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 109 ft
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