Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Poplar Creek Paved Trail via Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 30 ft · 51 min

Poplar Creek Paved Trail via Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail is a 2.5-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 mi781 – 843 ft2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.03963, -88.19308
Nearest town Streamwood, IL

Directions

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Poplar Creek Paved Trail via Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 30 ft · 51 min

Elevation 781–845 ft

Out & Back · Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.03963, -88.19308

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 450 ftBear right onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.8 miSharp right onto Poplar Creek Paved Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miReach Poplar Creek Paved Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miSharp left onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.8 miBear left, heading W.
  7. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

93% paved7% grass

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

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