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Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Shoe Factory Road Woods near Streamwood, IL. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi768 – 814 ft3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.05095, -88.19674
Nearest town Streamwood, IL

Directions

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Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 59 min

Elevation 768–815 ft

Out & Back · Shoe Factory Road Woods

Trailhead: 42.05095, -88.19674

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miBear left onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miBear right onto Red Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 100 ftTurn right onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading W.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
  19. 0.3 miBear right onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  20. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  21. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

64% dirt13% grass1% paved22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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