Oak View Trail
3 mi · ▲ 183 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Oak View Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Sterne's Woods Park near Terra Cotta, IL. It is mostly level, with 183 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Oak View Trail
3 mi · ▲ 183 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Elevation 834–935 ft
Out & Back · Sterne's Woods Park
Trailhead: 42.26549, -88.30055
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:56 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.
- 500 ftBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right onto Moraine View Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Prairie View Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Moraine View Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto McHenry County Prairie Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Moraine View Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Oak View Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 5:56 PM for the 6:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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 Viewpoint via Oak View Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 142 ft
- Moraine View Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 144 ft
- Oak View Trail 3 mi · ▲ 183 ft
- Oak View Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 132 ft
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