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Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Poplar Creek Purple Unpaved Trail via Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail

5 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Poplar Creek Purple Unpaved Trail via Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Poplar Creek Forest Preserve near Streamwood, IL. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi768 – 833 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.03963, -88.19308
Nearest town Streamwood, IL
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Poplar Creek Purple Unpaved Trail via Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail

5 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 768–834 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 left onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Purple Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  4. 400 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 100 ftTurn left onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miBear right onto Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading W.
  8. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Purple Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left onto Poplar Creek Yellow Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  10. 1.8 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Black Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miSharp right onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.1 miBear right onto Red Trail, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Purple Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  18. 450 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  20. 350 ftArrive 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-purple-unpaved-trail-out-back-8-km-5471

Trail surface

38% dirt32% gravel23% grass7% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

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