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Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

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

3.7 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail & Poplar Creek Paved Trail via Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Poplar Creek Forest Preserve near Streamwood, IL. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi768 – 827 ft4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.04856, -88.19765
Nearest town Streamwood, IL
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Directions

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

3.7 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 768–827 ft

Out & Back · Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.04856, -88.19765

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 350 ftTurn left onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miBear right onto Red Trail, heading S.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miBear left onto Poplar Creek Paved Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.4 miReach Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.4 miBear right onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Green Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading W.
  20. 50 ftBear left onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  23. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/poplar-creek-orange-unpaved-trail-poplar-creek-paved-trail-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

55% dirt31% paved10% grass4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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