Moraine View Viewpoint via Oak View Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 142 ft · 46 min
Moraine View Viewpoint via Oak View Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Sterne's Woods Park near Terra Cotta, IL. The route reaches Moraine View Viewpoint. It is mostly level, with 142 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi833 – 935 ft2.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.26549, -88.30055
Nearest town Terra Cotta, IL
Directions
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Moraine View Viewpoint via Oak View Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 142 ft · 46 min
Elevation 835–934 ft
Out & Back · Sterne's Woods Park
Trailhead: 42.26549, -88.30055
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Oak View Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Moraine View Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftPass Moraine View Viewpoint.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto McHenry County Prairie Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Moraine View Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left onto Prairie View Trail, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Moraine View Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Moraine View Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto McHenry County Prairie Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Moraine View Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Oak View Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
95% dirt3% grass1% paved1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- McHenry County Prairie Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Oak View Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Moraine View Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 144 ft
- Oak View Trail 3 mi · ▲ 183 ft
- Oak View Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 132 ft
- Oak View Trail 3 mi · ▲ 183 ft
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