Orange Trail & Red Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 115 ft · 55 min
Orange Trail & Red Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Seward Bluffs Forest Preserve near Seward, IL. It is mostly level, with 115 ft of elevation gain, and mostly grass. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Orange Trail & Red Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 115 ft · 55 min
Elevation 773–891 ft
Out & Back · Seward Bluffs Forest Preserve
Trailhead: 42.27565, -89.38104
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 7:00 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Green Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Red Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miReach Orange Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Green Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:40 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:00 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:28 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Seward Bluffs Forest Preserve Sunset Point–Blue Trail, 3 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 139 ft
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