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Marl Flat Forest Preserve

Millennium Trail

11.1 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 3 hr 44 min

Millennium Trail is an 11.1-mile out-and-back in Marl Flat Forest Preserve near Round Lake, IL. It is mostly level, with 57 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi745 – 807 ft11.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fairfield Park Entrance 42.35387, -88.11205
Nearest town Round Lake, IL
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Millennium Trail

11.1 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 3 hr 44 min

Elevation 746–806 ft

Out & Back · Marl Flat Forest Preserve

Trailhead: Fairfield Park Entrance · 42.35387, -88.11205

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Millennium Trail, heading N.
  2. 4.6 miBear left, heading W.
  3. 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  4. 1 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 4.4 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-18-km-b3c7

Trail surface

82% paved3% gravel15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.6 mi in (~139 min). Leave by 4:14 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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