AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Spring Lake Forest Preserve

Old Donlea Road

2.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 52 min

Old Donlea Road is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Spring Lake Forest Preserve near Middlebury, IL. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi771 – 853 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.12858, -88.21865
Nearest town Middlebury, IL
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Old Donlea Road

2.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 52 min

Elevation 772–854 ft

Out & Back · Spring Lake Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.12858, -88.21865

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:56 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 500 ftBear right, heading N.
  6. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  7. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  8. 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
  9. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Old Donlea Road, heading NE.
  11. 0.4 miReach Old Donlea Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 450 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  15. 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  16. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
  17. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  18. 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  21. 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/old-donlea-road-out-back-4-km-8c91

Trail surface

66% dirt30% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 6:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:17 PM — 6 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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