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Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail & Poplar Creek Paved Trail via Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 30 ft · 59 min

Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail & Poplar Creek Paved Trail via Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Poplar Creek Forest Preserve near Streamwood, IL. It is mostly level, with 30 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi771 – 843 ft3.0 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 via Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 30 ft · 59 min

Elevation 770–845 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

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. 250 ftTurn left onto Poplar Creek Purple Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  9. 0.8 miSharp right onto Poplar Creek Paved Trail, heading E.
  10. 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-5-km

Trail surface

64% paved28% dirt8% grass

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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