AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Metro Bike Link Trail & SWIC Campus Trail

8 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Metro Bike Link Trail & SWIC Campus Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back near Shiloh Station, IL. It is mostly level, with 85 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi449 – 502 ft8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.53931, -89.87902
Nearest town Shiloh Station, IL
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Metro Bike Link Trail & SWIC Campus Trail

8 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Elevation 448–502 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 38.53931, -89.87902

Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 93°F / low 73° · precip 39% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

Transit-accessible: Shiloh-Scott Base Loop at Metrolink stop 16 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Metro Bike Link Trail, heading W.
  3. 1 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 1.7 miTurn right onto SWIC Campus Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Metro Bike Link Trail, heading S.
  7. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miReach SWIC Campus Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  12. 250 ftContinue straight onto SWIC Campus Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Metro Bike Link Trail, heading N.
  14. 3.2 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/metro-bike-link-trail-swic-campus-trail-out-back-11-km-efe6

Trail surface

78% paved4% boardwalk18% unspecified

Weather

DrizzleTemperature 93°F73°
Feels like85°Precip39%Wind12 mphUV6Humidity65%
Rained 0.1″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
95°70° 4 AM: 1% rain5 AM: 1% rain6 AM: 1% rain7 AM: 1% rain8 AM: 1% rain9 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 1% rain11 AM: 1% rain12 PM: 1% rain1 PM: 1% rain2 PM: 3% rain3 PM: 3% rain4 PM: 1% rain5 PM: 1% rain6 PM: 3% rain7 PM: 4% rain8 PM: 10% rain9 PM: 14% rain10 PM: 20% rain11 PM: 39% rain
Sunrise 6:46 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 7:01 PM
Mon 77°66° 53%
Tue 75°59°
Wed 78°55°
Thu 78°54°
Fri 80°57°
Sat 67°58°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.5 mi in (~88 min). Leave by 5:14 PM for the 7:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Shiloh-Scott Base Loop at Metrolink stop 16 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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