Poplar Creek Spur via Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail
8.5 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 2 hr 52 min
Poplar Creek Spur via Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Poplar Creek Forest Preserve near Streamwood, IL. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Poplar Creek Spur via Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail
8.5 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 2 hr 52 min
Elevation 781–867 ft
Out & Back · Poplar Creek Forest Preserve
Trailhead: Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail · 42.05214, -88.14465
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:40 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: St. Alexius Medical Center stop 220 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading N.
- 3.6 miBear right onto Poplar Creek Spur, heading NW.
- 0.7 miReach Poplar Creek Spur, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail, heading E.
- 3.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.7 mi in (~93 min). Leave by 5:01 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Transit-accessible: St. Alexius Medical Center stop 220 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail Trailhead
- Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 56 ft
- Bode Lake–Poplar Creek Orange Unpaved Trail, 3 sights 10.6 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Poplar Creek Red Paved Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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