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Pratt’s Wayne Woods Forest Preserve

North Central DuPage Regional Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 34 min

North Central DuPage Regional Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Pratt’s Wayne Woods Forest Preserve near Munger, IL. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi764 – 804 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.95235, -88.21727
Nearest town Munger, IL
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North Central DuPage Regional Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Elevation 765–804 ft

Out & Back · Pratt’s Wayne Woods Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 41.95235, -88.21727

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto North Central DuPage Regional Trail, heading N.
  3. 2.2 miReach North Central DuPage Regional Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 2.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 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/north-central-dupage-regional-trail-out-back-8-km-cdfe

Trail surface

71% paved29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~47 min). Leave by 5:46 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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