1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
2. 100 ftBear left onto North Bennett Road, heading N.
3. 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
4. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
5. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
6. 450 ftTurn right onto Des Plaines River Trail, heading NW.
7. 1.7 miTurn right onto Old School Yellow Trail, heading N.
8. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
9. 0.2 miBear left onto Old School Blue Loop, heading NE.
10. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
11. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old School Forest Preserve, heading N.
12. 400 ftTurn right onto North Shore Bike Path, heading N.
13. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Middlefork Greenway, heading E.
14. 50 ftTurn right onto North Shore Bike Path, heading E.
15. 1.6 miReach Old School Yellow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
16. 1.6 miTurn left onto Middlefork Greenway, heading W.
17. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Shore Bike Path, heading W.
18. 1.4 miTurn left onto Old School Forest Preserve, heading W.
19. 400 ftContinue straight onto Old School Blue Loop, heading W.
20. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
21. 0.2 miTurn left onto Old School Yellow Trail, heading SW.
22. 0.6 miTurn left onto Des Plaines River Trail, heading SW.
23. 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
24. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
25. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
26. 0.5 miSharp right onto North Bennett Road, heading S.
27. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
28. 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/north-shore-bike-path-old-school-blue-loop-out-back-3-sights-21-km