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Brunner Family Forest Preserve

McHenry County Prairie Trail via Fox River Trail

6.1 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 2 hr 5 min

McHenry County Prairie Trail via Fox River Trail is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Brunner Family Forest Preserve near Algonquin, IL. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi719 – 820 ft6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.13586, -88.29751
Nearest town Algonquin, IL
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McHenry County Prairie Trail via Fox River Trail

6.1 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 720–819 ft

Out & Back · Brunner Family Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.13586, -88.29751

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miSharp left onto Longmeadow Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.8 miSharp left onto Fox River Trail, heading NW.
  5. 1.9 miReach McHenry County Prairie Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.9 miSharp right onto Longmeadow Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.8 miSharp right, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mchenry-county-prairie-trail-out-back-10-km-935c

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

Hikes near Algonquin, Illinois