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Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve

Millennium Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Millennium Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve near Grandwood Park, 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 mi758 – 787 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.37767, -87.98332
Nearest town Grandwood Park, IL
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Millennium Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Elevation 759–787 ft

Out & Back · Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.37767, -87.98332

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Millennium Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftArrive 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-7-km-7fb9

Trail surface

28% gravel72% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:55 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 6:00 PM for the 6:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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