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Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve

Millenium Trail & Millennium Trail

8.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Millenium Trail & Millennium Trail is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve near Druce Lake, IL. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi768 – 804 ft8.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.36042, -88.00927
Nearest town Druce Lake, IL
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Millenium Trail & Millennium Trail

8.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Elevation 768–804 ft

Out & Back · Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.36042, -88.00927

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:55 PM

Transit-accessible: Washington & Sextant stop 164 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  6. 200 ftBear right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 1.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left onto Millennium Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Millenium Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftReach Millenium Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Millennium Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
  18. 0.5 miSharp left, heading SE.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  21. 1.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  22. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  23. 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  27. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/millenium-trail-out-back

Trail surface

36% gravel7% paved57% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:55 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~55 min). Leave by 5:40 PM for the 6:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Washington & Sextant stop 164 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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