Yankee Woods

Midlothian Reservoir & Tinley Creek Blue Paved Trail

3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr

Midlothian Reservoir & Tinley Creek Blue Paved Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Yankee Woods near Oak Forest, IL. The route reaches Midlothian Reservoir. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi659 – 699 ft3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.59815, -87.73628
Nearest town Oak Forest, IL

Directions

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Midlothian Reservoir & Tinley Creek Blue Paved Trail

3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr

Elevation 658–699 ft

Out & Back · Yankee Woods

Trailhead: 41.59815, -87.73628

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Transit-accessible: Cicero & 159th Street stop 508 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Tinley Creek Blue Paved Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miPass Midlothian Reservoir.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.9 miBear left onto Tinley Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miReach Midlothian Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.1 miBear right onto Tinley Creek Blue Paved Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.5 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

90% paved8% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Cicero & 159th Street stop 508 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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