Main Trail
9.9 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 3 hr 21 min
Main Trail is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Wood Ridge Forest Preserve near Stonegate, IL. It is mostly level, with 106 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Main Trail
9.9 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 3 hr 21 min
Elevation 686–777 ft
Out & Back · Wood Ridge Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 41.69269, -88.02140
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Main Trail, heading NE.
- 2.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 2.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading W.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 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.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~66 min). Leave by 5:27 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:12 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
More from this trailhead
- Greene Trail 11.9 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Greene Trail 11.7 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Main Trail 6.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Veterans Memorial Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Main Trail 6.6 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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