Millennium Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 2 hr 52 min
Millennium Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Marl Flat Forest Preserve near Volo, IL. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Millennium Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 2 hr 52 min
Elevation 763–806 ft
Out & Back · Marl Flat Forest Preserve
Trailhead: Millennium Trail trailhead · 42.30812, -88.14382
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Millennium Trail, heading E.
- 1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 3.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 3.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:21 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Millennium Trail trailhead Trailhead
- Davis Lake–Millennium Sunset Point, 5 lakes 15.9 mi · ▲ 191 ft
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