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Poplar Creek Forest Preserve

Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 16 min

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 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi768 – 824 ft3.9 mi

Getting there

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

3.7 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 768–823 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 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 1.2 miBear left onto Poplar Creek Tan Unpaved Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Purple Unpaved Trail, heading NE.
  13. 450 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  15. 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-6-km-57b5

Trail surface

63% gravel20% grass17% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:40 AMSunset 6:54 PM

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