Marl Flat Forest Preserve

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.

Elevation

0 mi764 – 807 ft8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Millennium Trail trailhead 42.30812, -88.14382
Nearest town Volo, IL

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Millennium Trail, heading E.
  2. 1 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 3.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  4. 3.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  5. 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.

Trail surface

86% paved4% gravel10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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