Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve
Pollywog Slough & White Oak Trail via Yellow Unpaved Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Pollywog Slough & White Oak Trail via Yellow Unpaved Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve near Willow Springs, IL. The route reaches Pollywog Slough at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 136 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pollywog Slough & White Oak Trail via Yellow Unpaved Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 676–724 ft
Out & Back · Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve
Trailhead: White Oak Trail · 41.70654, -87.87699
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on White Oak Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Tan Unpaved Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Pollywog Slough, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto White Oak Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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