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Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail

3 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 4 min

Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Poplar Creek Forest Preserve near Streamwood, IL. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi768 – 856 ft3.3 mi

Getting there

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

3 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 4 min

Elevation 768–855 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 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. 0.4 miBear right onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 0.5 miBear left onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading S.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Brown Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  17. 150 ftTurn left onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miBear right onto Red Trail, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading S.
  22. 100 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Purple Unpaved Trail, heading SE.
  23. 400 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading S.
  24. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  25. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/poplar-creek-red-paved-trail-out-back-5-km-aca1

Trail surface

52% paved35% dirt12% grass1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 5:55 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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