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Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve

Millennium Trail

8.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Millennium Trail is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve near Wildwood, IL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi768 – 804 ft9.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.35175, -88.01084
Nearest town Wildwood, IL
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Millennium Trail

8.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 58 min

Elevation 767–804 ft

Out & Back · Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.35175, -88.01084

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

Transit-accessible: College of Lake County stop 373 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  11. 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 1.5 miBear left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  15. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  16. 0.5 miTurn left onto Millennium Trail, heading NW.
  17. 1 miReach Millennium Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 0.5 miSharp left, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  22. 1.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  24. 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  27. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  28. 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  29. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  30. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  31. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  33. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/millennium-trail-out-back-14-km-1d61

Trail surface

33% gravel4% paved63% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 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

  • Transit-accessible: College of Lake County stop 373 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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