Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve
Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve & Falls-Shelter Bluff
0.9 mi · ▲ 31 ft · 19 min
Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve & Falls-Shelter Bluff is a 0.9-mile out-and-back in Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve near West Point, IL. The route passes Falls-Shelter Bluff before reaching Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve at the turnaround, 0.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 31 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve & Falls-Shelter Bluff
0.9 mi · ▲ 31 ft · 19 min
Elevation 509–575 ft
Out & Back · Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 37.89044, -89.63848
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 7:00 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass Falls-Shelter Bluff.
- 0.5 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 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:19 PM — 7 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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