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Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail

2 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 42 min

Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail is a 2-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 – 824 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.03963, -88.19308
Nearest town Streamwood, IL
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Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail

2 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 42 min

Elevation 768–823 ft

Out & Back · Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Trailhead: 42.03963, -88.19308

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:55 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 right onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading N.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading NW.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading S.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  15. 150 ftTurn left onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miBear right onto Red Trail, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  19. 100 ftTurn right onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Purple Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  21. 400 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading S.
  22. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  23. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/poplar-creek-red-paved-trail-out-back-3-km-4afe

Trail surface

48% dirt33% paved18% grass1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:55 PM

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