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Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail–Poplar Creek Paved Trail, 3 sights

6.4 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail–Poplar Creek Paved Trail, 3 sights is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Poplar Creek Forest Preserve near Streamwood, IL. It is mostly level, with 162 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi768 – 866 ft6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Poplar Creek Paved Trail 42.03180, -88.18010
Nearest town Streamwood, IL
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Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail–Poplar Creek Paved Trail, 3 sights

6.4 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Elevation 768–867 ft

Out & Back · Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Trailhead: Poplar Creek Paved Trail · 42.03180, -88.18010

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Poplar Creek Paved Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miBear right onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading NW.
  9. 100 ftBear left onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  11. 200 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading N.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miBear right onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Spur, heading N.
  15. 0.7 miReach Poplar Creek Paved Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.7 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.5 miBear left onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading SE.
  18. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading S.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  20. 150 ftTurn left onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.1 miBear right onto Red Trail, heading S.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  24. 50 ftTurn right onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  25. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  26. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  27. 0.5 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading S.
  28. 0.2 miBear left onto Poplar Creek Paved Trail, heading SE.
  29. 0.4 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/poplar-creek-orange-unpaved-trail-poplar-creek-paved-trail-out-back-3-sights-10-km

Trail surface

54% paved39% dirt6% grass1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~67 min). Leave by 5:27 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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