Blackwell Forest Preserve

McKee Marsh & West Branch DuPage River Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min

McKee Marsh & West Branch DuPage River Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Blackwell Forest Preserve near Warrenhurst, IL. The route reaches McKee Marsh. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi699 – 722 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: DuPage Regional Bike Trail 41.84306, -88.19604
Nearest town Warrenhurst, IL

Directions

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McKee Marsh & West Branch DuPage River Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min

Elevation 700–723 ft

Out & Back · Blackwell Forest Preserve

Trailhead: DuPage Regional Bike Trail · 41.84306, -88.19604

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:55 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on DuPage Regional Bike Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto West Branch DuPage River Trail, heading W.
  3. 50 ftPass McKee Marsh.
  4. 1.1 miReach McKee Marsh, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.1 miTurn right onto DuPage Regional Bike Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.1 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

88% gravel12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:55 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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