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Millenium Oak–Sterling Pond, 3 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Morton Arboretum near Lisle, IL. The route passes Sterling Pond before reaching Millenium Oak at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 83 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi686 – 745 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Prairie Trail 41.81557, -88.09082
Nearest town Lisle, IL

Directions

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Millenium Oak–Sterling Pond, 3 sights

2 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 42 min

Elevation 684–743 ft

Out & Back · Morton Arboretum

Trailhead: Prairie Trail · 41.81557, -88.09082

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Prairie Trail, heading W.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Acre Trail, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Prairie Trail, heading E.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 400 ftPass Sterling Pond.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Main Trail Loop 4, heading NE.
  7. 450 ftSharp left onto Main Trail Loop 3 and 4, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Main Trail Loop 3, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 300 ftReach Millenium Oak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 350 ftTurn left onto Main Trail Loop 2, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Main Trail Loop 3, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left onto Main Trail Loop 3 and 4, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miSharp right onto Main Trail Loop 4, heading S.
  16. 500 ftBear left, heading S.
  17. 450 ftTurn right onto Prairie Trail, heading W.
  18. 150 ftTurn right onto Acre Trail, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Prarie Trail, heading W.
  20. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

54% dirt46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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